Someone please tell me how I can clean this better

[crystalraye0379]

I have tried everything I have read on the internet and nothing seems to help clean this. Any ideas? Thank you!

 

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[IAMZIM]

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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[Eu_citzen]

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!!!!

I have used 30+% Muratic and never had it eat away my quartz. I think you need hydrofluoric acid for that.

 

[IAMZIM]

I have used 30+% Muratic and never had it eat away my quartz. I think you need hydrofluoric acid for that.

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!

 

[Eu_citzen]

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!

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.