On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 19:32:46 +1300, Bruce Simpson
wrote:

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 05:56:44 GMT, Ernie Leimkuhler
wrote:

Could it be a cobalt alloy?

Not impossible I guess -- it came from a large industrial plant but I
don't know what it was being used for before I got my hands on it.

I've given up actually using it for anything (other than destroying
perfectly good tooling ;-) , but the challenge of identifying it
remains.
Should be forgable if you wanted to ahve a go at it. If you are ever
coming up to Civilisation again, throw some into the car adn I will
give it a try. might be ok for tools or something...
Geoff