brent
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Post by brent on Feb 11, 2009 18:36:13 GMT -5
On my way down Burro Creek Crossing road, I found this one.
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Post by texaswoodie on Feb 11, 2009 19:33:31 GMT -5
Nice! That's my kinda rock. Curt
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Feb 11, 2009 20:28:08 GMT -5
That is a cool rock. What kind of crystals are those?? Steve
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Post by brent on Feb 11, 2009 22:12:36 GMT -5
I have no Idea what the rock is. I am not sure if I want to cut into it to find out.
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Post by brent on Feb 12, 2009 9:45:52 GMT -5
Anyone know what I can use to clean up the crystals(remove the brown coating)?
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Post by catmandewe on Feb 12, 2009 11:16:59 GMT -5
Jamie cleaned up one of my wife's crystals with Oxalic acid. It worked really good.
Isn't Burro Creek one of those amazing places? So much stuff to look at, it is unbelievable.
Nice find.....................Tony
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Post by MidNight~Rocksi3 on Feb 12, 2009 11:38:03 GMT -5
WHOA!!!!! That is one helleva wicked looking Find! has allll kinds of stuff going on in there huh!..
whatchya gonna do with it? clean it ? keep it as it.. cut it? wack it what?
*smiles* Roxy
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Post by brent on Feb 12, 2009 11:55:08 GMT -5
Where can I get oxalic acid? Burro Creek is an amazing place. I didn't get to my intended destination, yet still found some nice material. The piece pictured above was found on the road less han a mile from the highway.
Rocksi...I have a few options. 1. leave as is. 2. clean it up and leave as is. 3. face cut and polish like a goede to expose the inner workings. I think will leave it as is for now.
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Post by frane on Feb 12, 2009 13:38:30 GMT -5
I love the rolling bubble look inside that rock. really shows a life of its own there! I am not sure what to clean it with but I know the Oxalic acid works on quartz but will ruin the calcite crystals. I have no idea what you have there. Fran
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Post by chinook203 on Feb 12, 2009 22:45:46 GMT -5
I don't think I have enough oxylic here for you on that job. I'll look, if I have any, will send it to you as we use muriatic or super red out.......or super iron out. Here's the thing with any of the acids, since we're not sure what it is, only use a tiny bit. The oxylic (would help if i remembered how to spell it) will take longer to clean. You could go to lowe's or home depot, go to the plumbing area or chemical area. It's called super iron our or super red out. Take just a little bit and put it on part of the rock. We want to make sure it's not going to eat it. Muriatic acid is evil, it can literally eat your skin, eats through denim and can be lethal if breathed in. We use the muriatic very sparingly and only if a piece of drusy is badly stained. It will eat right through calcite. Tomorrow I will see if I still have any oxylic acid, its the milder one, and takes a bit longer to clean the rock. But you can also try the super iron out stuff, I don't have any containers here, otherwise would take a picture for you, so you'd know what to look for
Another thing to clean the browning, dishwashing soap, warm water and a good scrub brush. Pressure washers are terrific also, but hard to tell if you have anything fragile on there. We got a big pressure washer last year and it cleans about 90% of our drusy for us, we dont' have to scrub, the other 10% either has fragile parts to it, or its so stained we have to get the acid on it.
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Post by brent on Feb 12, 2009 23:33:38 GMT -5
Might be a little hard to get it over the boarder. I found a product here that will work. Oxylic is used to clean weathered wood.
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Post by chinook203 on Feb 13, 2009 14:08:07 GMT -5
i hadn't thought of that. Even as mild as oxylic is, it has to be treated as haz mat too. Oxylic is used a lot by quartz cleaners, its not as quick unless you heat it. We tried it on one truck load and preferred the super red out. Muriatic is by far the fastest and best cleaner, but its mean stuff. Muriatic is even used to etch and carve on calcite crystals, there's a term for it, but can't remember it. None of the stuff I mentioned is meant for cleaning rocks, but it works! Good luck!
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Post by Hard Rock Cafe on Feb 13, 2009 15:12:52 GMT -5
Oxalic acid is used as a wood bleach and can be found in the paint department of a good hardware store. It's also available from pharmacies, although they may have to special order it.
Super Iron Out is not oxalic acid, but it does the job.
Chuck
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Post by chinook203 on Feb 13, 2009 19:26:13 GMT -5
I hope I didnt' give the impression super iron out was oxylic. Super Iron Out works ten times better than the oxylic acid on the drusy. We had a bunch and gave most of it to one of the quartz places in Arkansas. Muriatic is by far quicker, but, if the quartz is left in too long, it turns the quartz yellow. Super Iron out will discolor it also, but I've never seen it done, but was told by the Arkansas people that it will. Oxylic, I left some quartz in a strong solution for 2 weeks and it didn't discolor it at all. We tried all of them to see which worked best and overall, we prefer the super iron out. Luckily, out of 20 loads of quartz, only about one load worth ends up needing the acid. The pressure washer and scrub brush has been our best friend with it.
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Post by brent on Feb 13, 2009 22:08:25 GMT -5
It's nice to have options. I'll see what I can find.
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Post by 49er on Feb 22, 2009 0:28:24 GMT -5
If you live near Phoenix, AZ check out Lonnie's they have some stuff that will remove the rust. I found a web site that talks about how to remove rust and other foreign matter from rocks. Will post link when I find it.
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Post by 49er on Feb 22, 2009 0:29:34 GMT -5
Oops, forgot; what part of Burro Creek did you find it. Found some nice BC jasper and a rattlesnake during my last trip.
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Post by brent on Feb 22, 2009 10:49:39 GMT -5
I ound it on the Burro Creek Crossing road about a mile off the highway. I will be going back there on my next trip to Arizona. I never saw any snakes while I was there, just a few lizards.
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Post by 49er on Feb 22, 2009 12:05:42 GMT -5
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Post by mossyrockhound on Feb 23, 2009 16:57:47 GMT -5
Nice find! I think it looks good as-is, and it's natural that way. (It looks like you have another fine specimen with purple crystals behind it too.)
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