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	Information about turquoise mineral	7	Lundy	18853	Apr 01, 2017 21:39 SteveB
	How to clean golden calcite [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	16	jtozier	35374	Mar 14, 2017 15:01 jtozier
	Cleaning Pyrite [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	23	John S. White	62210	Jul 21, 2016 05:07 Carles Millan
	How to remove biological materials from minerals	7	Pete Richards	15987	Jun 13, 2016 18:13 Ivan Blanco (PDM)
	Fading fluorite.	5	vic rzonca	27870	May 12, 2016 11:28 Jamison Brizendine
	Why a "delicate subject"?	3	Tom Mazanec	12716	May 01, 2016 08:55 Roy Starkey
	How to remove iron stains? [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	24	daviddillman	76080	Feb 19, 2016 06:25 basti
	Stilbite and sandblasting - unexpected result	6	Rei	20738	Feb 08, 2016 16:35 Mike Wood
	Cleaning off the "white stuff" on Milpillas Brochantities	2	bob kerr	12373	Dec 23, 2015 09:29 bob kerr
	Fluorite cleaning !	9	h.abbasi	25308	Dec 14, 2015 13:14 h.abbasi
	Trimming methods - wulfenite	4	dontgogreen	13526	Dec 04, 2015 09:05 Les Presmyk
	Mounting very tiny specimens	10	rocks2dust	22019	Nov 26, 2015 12:29 rocks2dust
	Light sensitivity of pink fluorapatite	3	Tobi	13079	Nov 04, 2015 06:41 prcantos
	Removing Tarnish From Pyrite	11	Casimir Sarisky	27021	Aug 24, 2015 14:39 Casimir Sarisky
	"Using acid" for newbies	10	Jared3339	21968	Jul 17, 2015 13:00 GneissWare
	Removing matrix using tile saw and air scribe	8	GneissWare	21588	Jul 14, 2015 13:01 Pierre Joubert
	Cleaning "Rusty" spots off Goethite With Otherwise Good Luster	13	daviddillman	28479	May 11, 2015 01:43 Jordi Fabre
	Storage of Krohnkite ?	5	daviddillman	12408	May 09, 2015 21:39 alfredo
	Photographing minerals	5	Jared3339	12244	May 08, 2015 01:45 Jordi Fabre
	Table of acid compatibilities?	9	Rei	19614	Apr 29, 2015 19:51 Rei
	Cleaning Iron Stains off Blanchard New Mexico Specimen with Malachite	5	daviddillman	13161	Apr 23, 2015 10:49 Les Presmyk
	Removing Gibbsite	3	bulwynkl	9328	Apr 14, 2015 23:20 bulwynkl
	Cleaning Large Creedite Specimen.	0	bantone	8966	Apr 06, 2015 21:03 bantone
	Amethyst Cathedral Calcium(?) Deposit	1	bennefie	8818	Mar 29, 2015 20:57 alfredo
	Mica cleaning question.	5	vic rzonca	11980	Mar 12, 2015 16:29 vic rzonca
	Removing hematite from calcite	10	fluorite3377	15859	Feb 19, 2015 11:22 lluis
	Yellow Feldspar from HCl	5	Byron Anderson	10135	Feb 14, 2015 11:19 GneissWare
	Looking for Equipment for Preparing and Cleaning Minerals	2	J Downey	8061	Feb 12, 2015 18:09 kushmeja
	Preserving Realgar - Is it possible? [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	16	Jean Sendero	25850	Dec 03, 2014 08:52 Riccardo Modanesi
	Loss of luster on russian cuprite	13	bob kerr	25012	Dec 02, 2014 18:31 Vitaliy
	Pressure water gun (cleaning spot gun) [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	16	ACC79	34884	Oct 05, 2014 18:26 ACC79
	Agate: to cut or not to cut?	3	TimS	9943	Sep 18, 2014 15:53 TimS
	...any suggestions for stabilizing the Magnetite matrix of Chifeng Scheelite?	5	Jack Thurber	11931	Aug 18, 2014 03:06 Jack Thurber
	Storage	4	captaincaveman	9915	Aug 15, 2014 06:21 captaincaveman
	Waller solution / Super Iron Out [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	19	Rei	32686	Jul 07, 2014 21:42 bugrock
	How to "cement" Amethyst clusters	2	Kitdog	13505	Jun 24, 2014 06:06 vic rzonca
	Crystals forming on fools gold ammonites	12	robhanson	23580	Jun 01, 2014 13:56 robhanson
	How can restoring color of a crystal?	4	h.abbasi	9779	May 25, 2014 21:49 Rei
	Acid cleaning: results	3	Rei	14254	May 10, 2014 02:44 Rei
	Polishing	2	Rei	9960	May 07, 2014 18:30 rocks2dust
	Cleaning with oxalic acid	12	Rei	22729	Apr 29, 2014 14:00 Rei
	How to clean clay off large (pyrite) specimens??	4	lidaasteria	10520	Apr 14, 2014 07:24 Rei
	Repairing a mineral	2	headstashcrystals	7235	Mar 20, 2014 09:36 Michael Shaw
	Cleaning iron stained mica	5	vic rzonca	12787	Mar 13, 2014 00:03 Jesse Fisher
	Cleaning Quartz specimens?	2	BassTurdo	7958	Mar 11, 2014 02:34 Pierre Joubert
	How to clean calcite specimens	11	Ivan Fleisch	21110	Mar 11, 2014 01:56 Ivan Fleisch
	Method of Making a Custom Mineral Mount	5	Turbo	12302	Feb 06, 2014 06:17 James Catmur
	Stabilizing Crumbly Matrix	12	Peter Megaw	23103	Jan 16, 2014 18:47 cascaillou
	Cleaning an Amethyst !!!	11	Piroska Magyar	20285	Jan 14, 2014 05:13 Piroska Magyar
	Any advice as to removing crystals of Apatite from calcite?	5	Sam314159	10361	Dec 21, 2013 22:12 Sam314159
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