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	Preparing Amber for jewelry	1	sasha561	14831	Aug 15, 2013 10:25 chris
	Tarnished Cuprite	0	Barry Vincent	5236	Jun 09, 2013 08:37 Barry Vincent
	Cleaning pyrite suns	6	geoalfon	19767	Jun 03, 2013 14:44 Les Presmyk
	Mineral specimen repair	15	Elise	26645	May 30, 2013 01:19 supertxango
	How to minimize Arsenic on Realgar	15	Roxanne Hicklin	26629	May 23, 2013 07:12 Riccardo Modanesi
	Removing Iron Stains from Fluorite	16	daviddillman	30044	May 13, 2013 08:39 Pierre Joubert
	Anglesite reaction to Cascade dishwashing detergent	12	John Betts	16563	Apr 07, 2013 22:23 Matt_Zukowski
	Bugaboo about specimen packing	8	Matt_Zukowski	12569	Mar 22, 2013 09:27 cascaillou
	Any smelters here? (Galena)	1	benchambers	5719	Mar 16, 2013 02:52 Roger Warin
	How to clean acicular crystals?	8	David	16594	Dec 30, 2012 15:30 cascaillou
	Handcrafted Wall Curio Cabinets for Minerals	1	William Rafferty	5697	Dec 21, 2012 13:11 Gail
	Azurites and malachites (best display lighting)	0	Cascavel1	5990	Dec 17, 2012 13:25 Cascavel1
	How remove wood and adhesive from an amethyst cluster	1	sher	6151	Nov 08, 2012 11:55 Jesse Fisher
	Cleaning / removing Mica from emeralds	4	Adi_Lev	11275	Jul 31, 2012 11:53 Adi_Lev
	Repairing mineral specimens [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	30	Pierre Joubert	53058	Jul 06, 2012 11:01 Tracy
	Preparing and cleaning minerals - Ultrasonic Cleaner	5	vic rzonca	17498	May 02, 2012 13:53 Jordi Fabre
	Tourmaline White Pot	8	Shan	15623	Apr 30, 2012 03:33 Jordi Fabre
	Acrylic Stands	19	Carles Millan	32657	Apr 20, 2012 04:52 Louis Friend
	Cleaning Beryl (variety: “Heliodor”)	5	B&A	11551	Mar 11, 2012 11:46 Tobi
	Help - which acid dissolves quartz?	17	barbie90	41164	Feb 16, 2012 13:40 John Medici
	Cleaning Palygorskite	0	nurbo	7365	Oct 28, 2011 17:22 nurbo
	Hot Glue Gun Mounting	16	Scott LaBorde	41750	Oct 12, 2011 18:57 growcrystal
	Glue	3	barbie90	9920	Oct 12, 2011 18:53 growcrystal
	Preparing and cleaning minerals	6	vic rzonca	14018	Oct 02, 2011 19:15 Rick S.
	Chinese Rhodo King before and after being cleaned	9	wade	17537	Sep 10, 2011 04:30 Tobi
	Ilfeld Manganite Specimens-Preparation	1	bugrock	6005	Jul 11, 2011 01:21 Jordi Fabre
	Silver Specimens and "secondary acanthite"	1	bugrock	6715	Jul 10, 2011 22:34 Peter Megaw
	Cleaning Tourmaline? [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	20	barbie90	35366	Jun 19, 2011 14:37 barbie90
	Muscovite	4	Bruce Sevier	12206	Jun 14, 2011 20:17 Bruce Sevier
	Aragonite	14	Bruce Sevier	22401	Jun 12, 2011 11:45 Bruce Sevier
	Sealing specularite for heat protection	1	rocksteady	6545	Jun 06, 2011 09:09 Susan Robinson
	Cleaning Hornblende?	0	Aradebil	5586	Apr 30, 2011 07:50 Aradebil
	I am experiencing difficulty obtaining "microcosmic salt"	4	michael-thorn	9804	Apr 19, 2011 00:06 Jordi Fabre
	Cracked Fluorite specimen	1	llamabox	7668	Dec 05, 2010 15:03 Jason
	Mounting	6	Turbo	13337	Nov 22, 2010 14:49 Elise
	Cleaning Proustite mineral	3	nicu	8401	Nov 14, 2010 22:44 nicu
	Sulfuryl Fluoride - Insect Fumigation & Mineral Specimens	0	GneissWare	5711	Nov 08, 2010 12:52 GneissWare
	Fluorite with frosted appearance	10	Turbo	16988	Oct 18, 2010 14:17 Turbo
	Treatment of pseudomorphs Marcasite after Pyrrhotite	9	nicu	20058	Sep 13, 2010 12:15 nicu
	Microbeads cleaning of mineral	3	chris	7577	Sep 03, 2010 10:32 chris
	Ethanolamine thioglycolate	5	Barry Flannery	12573	Jun 29, 2010 16:57 GneissWare
	Acid 'Dipping' of Calcite/ Acid treatment to liberate minerals in Calcite	7	bugrock	18108	May 28, 2010 08:43 Peter Megaw
	Preparing minerals for shipping	14	John S. White	25075	May 23, 2010 07:40 keith
	Long term storage of specimens in plastic	14	Matt_Zukowski	19804	Apr 14, 2010 10:26 Les Presmyk
	I've been wanting to test some of my stones	3	Idahorocks	9094	Mar 15, 2010 10:41 Idahorocks
	Re: Cleaning with compressed air	11	Jordi Fabre	15536	Feb 20, 2010 20:23 Screenname
	Need help with K-spar on kunzite (spodumene) and quartz	15	Jason	20010	Dec 27, 2009 17:26 Peter
	Repairing Navajún Pyrite	4	Jack Thurber	9119	Dec 19, 2009 16:38 Jack Thurber
	Removing Glue from Torbernite	16	nurbo	30847	Dec 19, 2009 05:41 parfaitelumiere
	Helpful hints for field collectors	12	John S. White	16956	Dec 18, 2009 04:59 Jack Thurber
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