Dr. Hoard:

The NITON XL3T Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF) does great,
non-destructive, analyses of metals with up to 35 elements being reported in
PPM (See www.niton.com) and metal composition in an ASTM designation for
commonly used alloys.   If you want it done, contact Dr. Claudia Brackett of
California State University Stanislaus (CSUS) and Country Chemist at (209)
532-3873and she will be glad to do it for you for $25.00.  

Alternately, if you are coming to SAA in Atlanta, Dr. Brackett or myself can
do it for you there, FREE at the NITON booth.

Sincerely, 

Richard J. Lundin BA, MA, RPA, ISAP
Consulting Historical Archaeologist & Remote Sensing Specialist
(Archaeogeophysics)
Director, Wondjina Research Institute

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Subject: Non-destructive compositional analysis of metal

Can anyone recommend a method and/or a lab through which I can conduct a 
non-destructive compositional analysis of a piece of metal that I 
suspect to be German Silver?
Thanks in advance.

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