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Gold Nugget and Specimen Cleaning Advice
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<blockquote data-quote="Wally69" data-source="post: 141826" data-attributes="member: 1916"><p>Yes mate, hydrochloric acid. </p><p></p><p>My success was due to cracks in the Quartz which debonded following soaking and some iron oxides around some of the gold that was able to be scrubbed away with a toothbrush once the acid had reacted with it. </p><p></p><p>If it was uncracked I imagine it would have soaked for a month of Sundays with little reduction in size.</p><p></p><p>Got a before photo ? It would be good to gauge your efforts on whiter Quartz.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wally69, post: 141826, member: 1916"] Yes mate, hydrochloric acid. My success was due to cracks in the Quartz which debonded following soaking and some iron oxides around some of the gold that was able to be scrubbed away with a toothbrush once the acid had reacted with it. If it was uncracked I imagine it would have soaked for a month of Sundays with little reduction in size. Got a before photo ? It would be good to gauge your efforts on whiter Quartz. [/QUOTE]
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