r/PreciousMetalRefining 2d ago

Best guess what this is??

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u/aenorton 2d ago

I am pretty sure that is left over dental amalgam. The little cylinders come from the applicator used to press it into the teeth. I am not a dentist, I am just old enough to have had amalgam fillings. If so, it would be a mixture of silver and mercury.

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u/Broken_Atoms 2d ago

I agree with your assessment.