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<blockquote data-quote="axtyr" data-source="post: 339326" data-attributes="member: 2282"><p>Bjay.</p><p></p><p>The acid won't eat the clay but it should soften it up enough to be able to allow you to remove it with either a tooth brush or a pin/needle. You might need to soak and scrape, then repeat until all the clay is gone.</p><p></p><p>I doubt it is crystalline gold. Most gold off the matrix looks that way, but under a good magnifying glass crystalline gold should look blocky and similar in structure to other crystals such as quartz, i.e. lots of flat sided edges. It will look very distinctive.</p><p></p><p>Regards Axtyr.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="axtyr, post: 339326, member: 2282"] Bjay. The acid won't eat the clay but it should soften it up enough to be able to allow you to remove it with either a tooth brush or a pin/needle. You might need to soak and scrape, then repeat until all the clay is gone. I doubt it is crystalline gold. Most gold off the matrix looks that way, but under a good magnifying glass crystalline gold should look blocky and similar in structure to other crystals such as quartz, i.e. lots of flat sided edges. It will look very distinctive. Regards Axtyr. [/QUOTE]
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