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Acid to dissolve quartz ?
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<blockquote data-quote="HeadsUp" data-source="post: 16424" data-attributes="member: 414"><p>Has anyone here dissolved quartz with hydroflouric acid to obtain the natural form of the gold sample within ?</p><p></p><p>If you crush the quartz then the gold inside is only worth scrap gold value</p><p></p><p>I was thinking if the quartz lump was placed into a heavy duty plastic tub and dissolved with acid then the natural shape of the gold inside might have a much higher value for its artistic form ?</p><p></p><p>It might end up just being thousands of little wafers of gold that are still only worth scrap gold price , or fingers of geometric crystals , or if you're lucky maybe strings of gold crystals that look like the branches of a tree.</p><p></p><p>Has anyone ever seen this done ?</p><p></p><p>Is there any other acid used to dissolve rock ?</p><p></p><p>******* quick note . Hydroflouric acid is extremely dangerous stuff and NOT something you would play with in your backyard ********</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>edited to remove mondayitis typos</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HeadsUp, post: 16424, member: 414"] Has anyone here dissolved quartz with hydroflouric acid to obtain the natural form of the gold sample within ? If you crush the quartz then the gold inside is only worth scrap gold value I was thinking if the quartz lump was placed into a heavy duty plastic tub and dissolved with acid then the natural shape of the gold inside might have a much higher value for its artistic form ? It might end up just being thousands of little wafers of gold that are still only worth scrap gold price , or fingers of geometric crystals , or if you're lucky maybe strings of gold crystals that look like the branches of a tree. Has anyone ever seen this done ? Is there any other acid used to dissolve rock ? ******* quick note . Hydroflouric acid is extremely dangerous stuff and NOT something you would play with in your backyard ******** [i] edited to remove mondayitis typos[/i] [/QUOTE]
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