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macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5845 Posts	Posted 07/17/2011 7:48 pm This one caught my eye when I was going over some of my stuff, it has a wooden pattern, weight at 4.4 gram instead of the normal 5 gram. My question is this one of the improper alloy mix, or would it be environmental damage. Report this Post to the Staff

Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 07/17/2011 8:28 pm Soaked in a corrosive solution. The grain pattern is caused by the stretching of the metal during the rolling process especially of there is a slight non-homogenousness to the alloy. That would mean that some of the stretched areas are a slightly different alloy than the others and they corrode at a slightly different rate. It has been in the solution long enough to dissolve away enough metal to give you the reduced weight. Report this Post to the Staff
macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5845 Posts	Posted 07/17/2011 9:41 pm Good to know. Thank you Condor. Report this Post to the Staff
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