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Acid to dissolve quartz ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Diggerdude" data-source="post: 16467" data-attributes="member: 308"><p>Hydrofluric acid is dangerous stuff and not recommended. Safest way is use the thermal shock method. Heat the specimen up over a gas burner then drop it in water. The quartz will crack up and go brittle allowing you to pick it away, you might need to do it a few times for big bits.</p><p></p><p>DD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Diggerdude, post: 16467, member: 308"] Hydrofluric acid is dangerous stuff and not recommended. Safest way is use the thermal shock method. Heat the specimen up over a gas burner then drop it in water. The quartz will crack up and go brittle allowing you to pick it away, you might need to do it a few times for big bits. DD [/QUOTE]
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