[Jewelry making - Article 00113] - Re: [Orchid] Collecting gold with mercury

[Rick Copeland]

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>     Then you're going to touch them, get them in your clothes, have
>     them on the floor, in your hair - such a concept. Then your brain
>     will slowly rot away - mercury's a neuological toxin.... 

    An interesting aside. That's where the term "mad as a hatter" came
    from. Back in the day hat makers used balls of mercury to roll around
    in the wet felt to shape a hat. I can imagine some of the customers
    got some of the mercury from the hat as well. 

    When I was a kid my uncle used to work for the local power utility.
    He would save mercury from old mercury switches and give it to us
    kids to play with. What fun it was. Hmmm... Maybe I should get a
    blood test to see how much of the mercury is left in my system. That
    might explain some mental lapses that I just blamed on the 70's. ;-) 

Rick Copeland
Silversmith and Lapidary Artisan
Rocky Mountain Wonders
Colorado Springs, Colorado
rockymountainwonders.com
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