Testing Manganese Ore for Manganese Results in a Surprise - Wet Chemistry and Classical Methods
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.พ. 2022
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I was looking for an old manganese deposit listed in a book. Here I try some testing methods on material I found at or near the site. - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Another fantastic video Tom. If you can get (or make yourself) Sodium Bismuthate, a pinch of this in a Manganese solution turns purple. It's a very sensitive test and NaBiO3 is pretty easy to make. Another idea I had was testing the Psilomelane for Barium. This is also easy to detect. Keep them coming, mate!
Thanks for the heads up. I did run across the sodium bimuthate method in my references. It seems like it may be the easiest method but I don't have any nor do I have the raw materials to make it. The price looked to be too high to reasonable purchase.
I might do a similar video on Barium as there were some of these deposits in the area as well but so far I have not been as lucky in finding them.
I clicked your video hoping to gather SOMETHING helpful about figuring out how the hell to test foe manganese. What I found, is somebody on the other side of our country, that lives in a old manganese mining area, that is basically a better prepared more informed version of myself. I have fifty or more antique mining claims that I managed to discover on the internet after going around in circles each and every time I attempted it. It was really exciting for me because the 100 year old remote cabin that I live in, was built by a manganese miner WAY back in the WW2 era! But he was far from being the only one on the same mountain range. I found tons of articles about manganese miners in the Olympic National Park, which were fun and interesting, and relatively close to my home even including crescent ridge, which is mountain range that I call home. It is actually one GIANT piece of Basalt that has been shoved up vertically by tectonic plates and it stretches for miles and miles, and is incredibly 3400feet above see level (the area is supposedly overdue for another huge shift where I live, on the northwesrern tip of Washington state) but Back to the manganese, (sorry, It was exciting to hear a story so similar to my own, especially since you've taken the next steps that I need to!) After finding SEVERAL old mine sites that had been blasted shut and others that were as you mentioned, just prospect areas, including a place where they mined with some success, mercury ,copper, and iron. I also found some extremely cool old parts and pieces of tools used in the mines, along with tiny railroad iron that was used foe the push carts! The only thing that I didn't find or even know it if I did, was a #^#&#^"chunk or even a tiny sample of manganese!! Even after exploring the coolest (albeit scariest, as far as location goes) open mine shafts that belonged to the only real successful claim ( the crescent mine,,) that ever came from the mineral covered mountain that I share my home with! I believe that in my area, it is mixed with different types of manganese bearing minerals, Than you have, but again, I am unfortunately about as bright AS a piece of manganese, so I could be way off. But I believe I find alot of Rhodonite and an awful lot of red orbitals jasper in my area , along with many other cool minerals that I cannot pronounce, nor spell for you here haha. Thank you so much for sharing this, it made my day! My area, has TONS of documented logging history, which being a logger of over twenty years, is really cool to live by and also be a part of, but sadly, the mining was left out and forgotten, and I love to change that, but you would think I could find more stories and history of this super difficult and often extremely dangerous job that, because of the need to build war machines and being cut off from over sea sources, created a small boom in clallam county. Even going into the middle sixties before it basically VANISHED from the eyes and memories of the people involved.
Wow, thanks for sharing your experiences and stories about your area. It was a very interesting read. There is a mine in my area which was significant but its history doesn't get much attention which is something that I don't understand. It sounds like you are having as much fun exploring and learning as I.
Great job Tom..I really enjoy your videos and tests. My wet lab is much like yours but I need to get fume hood next. I just came back from NV and picked up several specimes of manganese that I look forward to testing using theses methods. I do have sodium bismuthate so will try that method too.
Thanks so much for the kind words. I would love to hear about your lab. A fume hood is very nice to have but it is a bit difficult depending on your access to a window or the outside. I would also like to hear about your manganese finds and your testing. It doesn't look like you post any videos but at least post a comment. Thanks again!!!
hello. I am so glad I found your channel, and learned a lot. Thank you. I really need your help testing and identifying some rocks. I have rocks from Pakistan and Indonesia that needs to be tested. :)
I am glad you are enjoying the channel. I will be glad to try to answer and questions that I can.
Psilomelane is pronounced sill-AW-meh-lane. Wad is a field term for mixed manganese oxides, hydroxides, and sulfides. It's similar to limonite for mixed iron oxides and hydroxides.
I think I mispronounce many names since I rarely hear or use them in conversation. Thanks for the info.!!!