George (not 007) Lazenby (10)

George Lazenby Sent Ed a lovely letter in a fancy envelope, and inside were three teeny tiny plastic vials with rubber gaskets and inside them were three foil samples, Thallium, Tantalum,and Palladium. Now, someone on slashdot made a joke about us asking for element donations, saying he'd like people to send him some Au or Ag too. I didn't really expect anyone to send us free gold and silver, but free palladium is pretty darn close! In fact,it's often more expensive than gold. He thoughtfully included a copy of the MSDS (material safety data sheet) for Thallium, so we wouldn't kill ourselves with it. Later he sent several more bigger samples, all of which he got at a surplus auction of his highschool. It seems he was the only one there who appreciated the erbium foil. The samples had been donated to the school by a former student who worked at NIST (National Institute for Standards and Testing), where they had been used as x-ray calibration standards. This means they are probably very pure.
Still later, he sent, on a semi-permanent loan basis, one of the most remarkable samples in the whole table: A three ounce (103.8 gram) bar of solid gold.
Email: george_lazenby(at)hotmail.com

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Text and images Copyright (c) 2010 by Theodore W. Gray.
Yttrium
Yttrium Concave Lump
3D
Concave Lump.
Source: George (not 007) Lazenby
Contributor: George (not 007) Lazenby
Acquired: 20 November, 2002
Price: Donated
Size: 0.75"
Purity: 99.99%
Palladium
Palladium Small rectangle of 0.01mm foil, 99.999%

Small rectangle of 0.01mm foil, 99.999%
Source: George (not 007) Lazenby
Contributor: George (not 007) Lazenby
Acquired: 24 May, 2002
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Purity: 99.999%
Neodymium
Neodymium Hunky lump
3D3D
Hunky lump.
Source: George (not 007) Lazenby
Contributor: George (not 007) Lazenby
Acquired: 20 November, 2002
Text Updated: 4 May, 2007
Price: Donated
Size: 0.75"
Purity: 99.99%
Samarium
Samarium Dendritic crystals

Dendritic crystals.
Source: George (not 007) Lazenby
Contributor: George (not 007) Lazenby
Acquired: 20 November, 2002
Price: Donated
Size: 0.75"
Purity: 99.99%
Erbium
Erbium Large rectangle of heavy foil
Sound3D3D
Large rectangle of heavy foil.
Source: George (not 007) Lazenby
Contributor: George (not 007) Lazenby
Acquired: 9 June, 2002
Price: Donated
Size: 2"
Purity: >95%
Tantalum
Tantalum Small rectangle of 0.1mm foil, 99.99%

Small rectangle of 0.1mm foil, 99.99%
Source: George (not 007) Lazenby
Contributor: George (not 007) Lazenby
Acquired: 24 May, 2002
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Purity: 99.99%
Tantalum
Tantalum Large rectangle of heavy foil
Sound
Large rectangle of heavy foil.
Source: George (not 007) Lazenby
Contributor: George (not 007) Lazenby
Acquired: 9 June, 2002
Price: Donated
Size: 3.5"
Purity: >99.9%
Osmium
Osmium Another antique phonograph needle
Sound
Another antique phonograph needle.
Source: George (not 007) Lazenby
Contributor: George (not 007) Lazenby
Acquired: 30 August, 2002
Price: Donated
Size: 0.5"
Purity: 0%
Gold
Gold Three ounce bar
3D3D
Three ounce bar.
Source: George (not 007) Lazenby
Contributor: George (not 007) Lazenby
Acquired: 21 October, 2002
Price: Donated
Size: 3"
Purity: 99.42%
Thallium
Thallium 0.1mm foil wrapped into small cylinder, 99.99%

0.1mm foil wrapped into small cylinder, 99.99%
Source: George (not 007) Lazenby
Contributor: George (not 007) Lazenby
Acquired: 24 May, 2002
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Purity: 99.99%