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Techniques for Collectors

Here's the place to read about techniques for collectors. Whether it's cleaning, preparation, labelling, curating or how best to extract a difficult specimen from a big boulder, this is the place to talk about it.

Note: Many other chemical treatments are dangerous and should only be attempted with caution and with a good understanding of the risks involved. Do not attempt any suggested chemical or physical treatment/preparation described here unless you fully understand the risks involved - which may not be fully described here.
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Jan 2015 Re: Removing Iron Oxides Stains Without Removing Copper PatinaPosted by Steve Hardinger. 5 replies.Jan 2015 Re: Fluorite cleaningPosted by Bill Lechner. 9 replies.Jan 2015 Re: Latest issue of the Australia and New Zealand Micromineral News (#10) now online...Posted by Steve Sorrell. 2 replies.Jan 2015 Re: British Micromount SocietyPosted by Luís Martins. 2 replies.Jan 2015 Re: Inland swap topPosted by Paul Hewitt. 37 replies.Jan 2015 Re: Help cleaning Limonite/Goethite pseudomorph after PyritePosted by Ann Ferris. 5 replies.Jan 2015 Re: Ideas? Keeping a calcite cluster...Posted by Scott DeLano. 4 replies.Jan 2015 Re: let me know about treatment of mineralsPosted by Imran Bangash. One reply.Jan 2015 Re: TenoritePosted by Ronnie Van Dommelen. One reply.Jan 2015 Re: Removing fibres from okenitePosted by Jason Evans. 17 replies.Jan 2015 Re: Can I remove varnish from Kyanite?Posted by Alison. 10 replies.Jan 2015 Re: Streak of hematitePosted by Howard Heitner. 11 replies.Jan 2015 Re: DIY specific gravity kit (tutorial)Posted by cascaillou. 4 replies.Jan 2015 Re: RE: Use of HClPosted by Kyle Beucke. 19 replies.

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