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I Understand your frustration. Because yes, it can be very hard to find people willing or able to ship such samples. I got most of my samples from ebay or from some chemical suppliers of witch I know persons "inside" the buisness. One of these suppliers I know the CEO of the company, and from him, I
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Hello, I must begin by congratulating you on a great collection, it is most impressive, I am considering starting a similar hobby and was wondering if you did a lot of your own smelting/ metal extractions? I was considering starting with Iodine from seaweed kelp, then moving on to the metals etc. I
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I see that you mentioned you extracted some P allotrope, yellow phosphorus? did you distill red phosphorus from match book strike pads? or obtain it via the historical method from a phosphate mineral, let's hope not from urine! You also mentioned you were a chemist, or that you knew a
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Osmium = Ebay. Sorry to say it, but osmium is expensive. But try to find a price in the area of 500$ per ounce. The actual market value is only 400 an ounce, but some sellers tend to want MUCH more, witch I believe is unfair. Like wanting 20$ for a liter of
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Alkaline earth metals is also found on ebay often. Barium however is not readely available on ebay, But I'm planning to buy a sample myself sometime in the near future, We could arrange a sample for you at the same
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Limits on pricing are only that the price is reflective in the size and quality of the sample. The more I can get the better, I would love to completely obtain that which I have mentioned above for as little as
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One of my favorite samples; High pure
Caesium in ampule under argon. When allowing the cesium to completely solidify and after that melt the surface, Sometimes the result is this "turtle crystal" formation.
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Its a long story, but I'm currently planning to add this story to this page soon. The story involves; The soviet union, NASA, costum confiscation and me travelling half of europe. Keep collecting :)
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Hello. Its all about looking and knowing the right people :) It dosent need to be expensive to collect elements, but youre right, it can be very expensive if you only want the best of the best
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I am working as a photo-researcher. Can you grant permission for your photo of the "sodium metal pieces" to be used in a Grade 10 Science project, to be distributed in Canada? --nan12345
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I have huge interest in collecting Cesium, Barium and non alkali metals such s
Mercury and Osmium but I cannot find a decent vendor or one which has quality samples!
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Wow! Nice collection. I have a few elements, but nothing that spectacular. Not that I could afford it, but where would one even obtain a cesium ampoule that size?
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Basically I'm looking for small samples in ampoule form, at the moment I'm looking to start collecting the Alkali and
Alkaline earth Metals as I don't have any yet.
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Hey the collection is astounding, I noticed some
Canadian coins, how did you manage to get Cesium into Canada?....I've had so much trouble adding to my collection!
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One of my favorite and DANGEROUS samples; High pure Soviet union made
Caesium in ampule under argon. 1.3611 kilograms! - This is an ampule you dont want to drop!
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Selfmade sample of yellow/white phosphorus. This stuff is dangerous even wet it starts smoking after a few seconds in the air (as seen on the picture)
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But I can help you with the alkali metals. I have more than I need of all the alkali metals, So if you want some samples, Contact me via email:
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I'm sure I can offer you a price better than any supplier on the market. I also have enough mercury so that I can sell you a small sample.
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noticed you do not have silicon in your collection...may I ask why? it can be found in a very pure state in computer chips etc,
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I decided to open my
Knowledge userpage and upload pictures of my current collection. It will be updated as I get new samples.
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Have you seen
Unitednuclear for samples? However, some of the prices (especially alkali metals) Is too high priced.
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Hello. Thank you very much! :) Please check the page from time to time. I add new samples every now and then.
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If you answer those I can give you a better answer an where to get the "hard to get" samples in your area :)
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The coins on this page is "investment coins" Its not because I live in Canada, I actually live in
Denmark :)
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Where did you get that huge ampoule? I did a price check and ceasium is $ 10 a gram, 1.3 Kg is worth $ 13,000!
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One of my favorite samples, Close up on the big cesium ampule, Some of the cesium has melted inside the ampule.
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All pictures on this page is made by me. Feel free to use my photos as long as you repect the copyright rules.
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One of my favorite samples; High pure
Caesium in ampule under argon. "Crystal cluster" (Close up)
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The problem is mostly due to the fact that it is hard to find someone that will ship the orders!
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Well, As you might understand it can be hard for me to let you buy samples from my "Insiders"
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Your photos are special!!!! never seen something more perfect... I really estimate your work.
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One of my favorite samples; High pure
Caesium in ampule under argon. "Crystal cluster"
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My name is Dennis "S.K" I recently started collecting elements as a free time hobby.
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Nice Collection, keep it up! I also collect Elements as my full time hobby as well.
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Its also hard for me because you live in Canada, most of my contacts live in EU.
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How do you manage to get hold of all of those elements , it must cost a fortune
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You might already have seen some of my pictures spread arround Knowledge.
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Luck, just pure luck! - I knew the right person on the right time.
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Silver Crystals made by fellow chemist. Purity unknown
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629:And what are your price "Limits"
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355:http://en.wikipedia.org/Bromine
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279:http://en.wikipedia.org/Hafnium
262:http://en.wikipedia.org/Niobium
186:Rubidium metal ampoule 99.99%+
132:http://en.wikipedia.org/Lithium
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379:http://en.wikipedia.org/Silver
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223:Caesium metal ampoule 99.99%+
163:Potassium metal pieces. 99.9%
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349:Small Bromine ampoule. 99.5%
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403:http://en.wikipedia.org/Gold
117:Lithium metal pieces. 99.9%
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127:- Flametest: bright red.
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210:- Flametest: Red/purple
460:Bigger Rubidium sample
397:Gold leaf. 24K (99.9%)
335:Iodine crystals. 99.9%
64:Favorite sample so far:
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670:possible.
507:Pyrochem
497:Omar J.B
483:Teravolt
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688:Hello.
740:Dnn87
731:time.
725:milk.
638:Dnn87
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754:Wow
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