The bismuth arrived from rotometals a day earlier than they promised. If its fudged math or just great shipping either way it left a smile on my face.

2 pounds is smaller than I expected. It actually weighed 2 grams less than a full 2 pounds

A quarter in the foreground for reference.
I think I will need to make needles with some of this for suspended crystal growing, or I need to make an egg mold. Decisions decisions, but soap first. I plan to start playing with hot metal in the beginning of march.