FIRE ASSAY

Fire Assay is the Industry Standard used to Validate a Resource when seeking Financial Investment.

We Assay Base Metals, Gold, Silver, and Platinum Group Metals.

Arrakis offers Customized Fluxes for Unique or Refractory Ores.

Fire Assay Beads are analyzed by AA, ICP OES, & ICP MS.

UNDERSTANDING THE FIRE ASSAY PROCESS
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Fluxed Sample Fluxing and Inquarting
Fluxed Sample 1125 C Furnace
Fusion Poured into Mold
Glass-Lead Button During the fusion, chemical & thermodynamic reactions occur, resulting in a glassy slag & a lead-silver button.
Cupellation Furnace
Cupels Exiting Furnace
Cupellation The dore bead contains the precious metals, silver and gold from the ore.
Gold Dore Bead End result is the production of physical precious metal bead