Dundas: A Little Success

It isn’t much, but using a very pure sample of crushed galena I managed to smelt a little bit of my ore. It has been a learning process for me, here is what I have found out so far: It turns out that it is important to do a two step process in creating this metal. First the powdered galena is roasted (turning it from a sulfide into an oxide). The second step is to reduce the oxide thereby converting it into its metallic form.

Now that I have a small metal sample, my next step is going to be exploring how to best turn it into a pigment …