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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Crystal cleaning ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dron" data-source="post: 367786" data-attributes="member: 7074"><p>Sorry for my ignorance, what type of crystal is it?</p><p></p><p>If it's quartz based such as citrine you can scrape all the iron cap of with a stanley knife, because of moh's scale of hardness you can't scratch quartz with a stainless steel blade. I had amethyst crystals from Kuridala that had a similar ironstone coating and I cleaned it off with a stanely knife then soaked in HCL.</p><p></p><p>Here's a good article on quartz cleaning <a href="https://www.mindat.org/article.php/403/Cleaning+Quartz" target="_blank">https://www.mindat.org/article.php/403/Cleaning+Quartz</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dron, post: 367786, member: 7074"] Sorry for my ignorance, what type of crystal is it? If it's quartz based such as citrine you can scrape all the iron cap of with a stanley knife, because of moh's scale of hardness you can't scratch quartz with a stainless steel blade. I had amethyst crystals from Kuridala that had a similar ironstone coating and I cleaned it off with a stanely knife then soaked in HCL. Here's a good article on quartz cleaning [url]https://www.mindat.org/article.php/403/Cleaning+Quartz[/url] [/QUOTE]
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