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spodumene concentrate??

updated sun 31 aug 97

 

Laura Kemper on sat 16 aug 97

Anyone know offhand what Spodumene Concentrate is?

Our distributor has given us this product from an Australian company named
Gwalla.
Just wondering if it should be treated the same or is it infact concentrated?
It is not the same mesh as we are used to working with and is a different
color.

Of course the distributor could not offer any information. . .

Thanks,
Perplexed in Tucson

Tom Buck on sun 17 aug 97

Laura: The word "concentrate" is a mining engineer's term for a portion of
the mined ore that undergoes some processing to eliminate obvious gangue
(ie, garbage). So the Ozzie spodumene concentrate is probably idential to
the Ozzie spodumene mineral most pottery suppliers handle.

Tom Buck )
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada