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<blockquote data-quote="davent" data-source="post: 655950" data-attributes="member: 6002"><p>this one I put in hydrochloric acid over night, (In direct sunlight as long as possible) hot acid seems to work faster, then gave it a quick wash with bi carb, and broke and picked at the quartz with one of those hook things from supercheap auto, then about 10 minutes in ultrasonic cleaner.</p><p>then over night in allybrite, then same treatment with pick and ultrasonic.</p><p>In this ones case, the quartz was already decomposing and was easy to clean. Most of the time it takes longer.</p><p>But one thing you can do, is heat the nugget up until it glows red, and then drop it in the hydrochloric. After it cools, a heap of stone breaks away very easily, but I didnt do it in this ones case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davent, post: 655950, member: 6002"] this one I put in hydrochloric acid over night, (In direct sunlight as long as possible) hot acid seems to work faster, then gave it a quick wash with bi carb, and broke and picked at the quartz with one of those hook things from supercheap auto, then about 10 minutes in ultrasonic cleaner. then over night in allybrite, then same treatment with pick and ultrasonic. In this ones case, the quartz was already decomposing and was easy to clean. Most of the time it takes longer. But one thing you can do, is heat the nugget up until it glows red, and then drop it in the hydrochloric. After it cools, a heap of stone breaks away very easily, but I didnt do it in this ones case. [/QUOTE]
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