crystalraye0379
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I have tried everything I have read on the internet and nothing seems to help clean this. Any ideas? Thank you!
Someone please tell me how I can clean this better
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PLEASE do NOT use muratic acid on that cluster, it will ruin it! Prospectors use muratic acid to free gold trapped in quartz at times, BECAUSE it eats away quartz! I do not suggest doing this to that nice cluster!!!!
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That is my bad. I was thinking that Muratic acid's componet was hydrofluoric acid. I got it confused with hydrochloric acid. So I admit I am incorrect, however I still would not use muratic acid on any of my specimens. That is just my preference! Sorry for any confusion I may have caused!
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Eu_citzen
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I guess we could take the time and clear up any confusion:
Hydrochloric and Muratic acid are the same; hydrogen and Chlorine. (HCl)
Good for mineral ID at a 10% concentration and for etching off calcite of specimens.
Some use it to clean gold on quartz.
Hydroflouric is hydrogen and flourine. (HF)
I recommend the layman to keep his hands of this stuff.
Notice the minor difference: Flouric vs Chloric. makes a huge difference in the chemical you get.
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