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Mineral Cleaning and Preparation

Discussion of best and safest ways to clean and prepare minerals. 
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Helvite from Jinlong Hill, China Attachments

by John Sobolewski
19 07/20/2012 04:23AM
Last Post by John Sobolewski

Moroccon Vanadinite

by Mira Bai
3 07/20/2012 03:57AM
Last Post by John Sobolewski

Need advice in trimming very delicate specimen Attachments

by Jyrki Autio
4 07/19/2012 07:17AM
Last Post by Jyrki Autio

Turquoise Stabilization Gone Wrong.

by C. Lopez
8 07/18/2012 01:09AM
Last Post by C. Lopez

Cleaning wavellite from Arkansas

by Stephen C. Blyskal
9 07/09/2012 09:15PM
Last Post by Chris Wright

How can I clean dirty wavellites?

by Jessica and Robert Simonoff
7 07/08/2012 08:43AM
Last Post by onesickfreak

Exposing Garnets Attachments

by Jesse Donaldson
4 06/27/2012 03:22PM
Last Post by Jesse Donaldson

Trimming techniques   (Pages: 1 2)

by Ron Layton
26 06/24/2012 02:07PM
Last Post by David Zimmerman (2)

Im about to clean beryl (Heliodor and Aquamarine) with Super Iron Out..Any Suggestions? First timer Attachments

by Daniel jacobs
19 06/17/2012 03:07AM
Last Post by David Garske

removing pyrite from quartz

by Albert Russ
15 06/07/2012 07:12PM
Last Post by Rock Currier

Removing marker from a crystal face

by SandyW
12 06/05/2012 11:46AM
Last Post by Keith Compton

preventing copper specimens from oxidizing

by Gary Parisi
6 05/26/2012 04:25AM
Last Post by Peter Haas

Saving Pyrite Octohedron from French Creek

by Greg Kokolus
5 05/23/2012 05:48PM
Last Post by Steve Hardinger

How to Remove Hardened Clay off Apatite Attachments

by Tom White
9 05/22/2012 06:53AM
Last Post by AMJAD ALI (2)

Magnetite

by Mira Bai
2 05/21/2012 09:14PM
Last Post by Alfredo Petrov

Bead Blast Media Recommendation

by Kirk Taylor
3 05/17/2012 02:57AM
Last Post by Kirk Taylor

New "acid" to remove calcite from specimens   (Pages: 1 2 3)

by Rory Howell
48 05/15/2012 05:57PM
Last Post by Wallace Mitchell

cleaning topaz

by Cesco Ramakers
8 05/12/2012 03:40AM
Last Post by Jim Bean

cleaning lazurite

by Alex Homenuke
3 05/11/2012 05:03PM
Last Post by Rock Currier

how to remove Dolomite?

by Michael Croxell
7 04/26/2012 11:04AM
Last Post by Michael Croxell


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