Been busy at work and home, hence the lack of posts. I've recently posted on
Tungsten fake gold bars for those who may not have seen it. I've posted before on this issue
here and
here.
Coincidentaly, the Mint has
recently bought a "Panalytical wavelength dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) instrument" for $470,000. Before I get comments about how XRF's don't detect inside a bar, this unit is used for testing assay samples and those samples undergo a preparation process before being XRFed. Key process is melting the item to get an even distribution of the metal and then taking a dip sample.
Will be looking to post more regularly on the corporate blog (see here for a
daily blog watch) and will continue with sharing stuff via my
Google+ posts page.