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PostPosted: May 02, 2012 07:43    Post subject: Preparing and cleaning minerals - Ultrasonic Cleaner  
Has anyone on the forum had experience using an ultrasonic cleaner?
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PostPosted: May 02, 2012 09:36    Post subject: Re: Preparing and cleaning minerals - Ultrasonic Cleaner  
vic rzonca wrote:
Has anyone on the forum had experience using an ultrasonic cleaner?


Lots of experience. They work great for removing thin coatings from fragile specimens that a water gun would damage--wulfenite comes to mind. They are not good for some minerals like jamesonite.

There is a thread somewhere on the forum about ultrasonic cleaners.
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PostPosted: May 02, 2012 09:51    Post subject: Re: Preparing and cleaning minerals - Ultrasonic Cleaner  
GneissWare wrote:
...There is a thread somewhere on the forum about ultrasonic cleaners.

Here ;-) -> Removing clay? from a copper specimen
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PostPosted: May 02, 2012 11:07    Post subject: Re: Preparing and cleaning minerals - Ultrasonic Cleaner  
The link in Jordi's message gives this error:

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The requested URL /message-board/www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 301 Moved Permanently error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
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PostPosted: May 02, 2012 11:21    Post subject: Re: Preparing and cleaning minerals - Ultrasonic Cleaner  
try:

https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=4361&highlight=ultrasonic#4361
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PostPosted: May 02, 2012 13:53    Post subject: Re: Preparing and cleaning minerals - Ultrasonic Cleaner  
Cecil Bankston wrote:
The link in Jordi's message gives this error

Sorry, I already fixed it -> Removing clay? from a copper specimen
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