Hi all other mad scientists, I once tossed a Canyon Diablo indvidual into a beaker of concentrated sulphuric acid. The piece bucked, bubbled and twisted in its death throws, but nothing like what you guys experienced. Sounds like your magic juice was really green...I mean green like alien! Cue the Twilight Zone music!
Keep us informed. Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: Pekka Savolainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, November 8, 2003 0:29 am Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stange Happenings in the Shop > > Hello Adam and the list, > > hydrochloric acid has been widely used to remove calcite from the > mineralspecimens. The smell of rotten eggs means usually hydrogen > sulphide, so I > suppose, you have had a quite heavy liquid to clean the mets. Well, > naturalproduct anyway, no doubt...;- > > If the stuff has been a mixture of hydrochlorid acide and sulphuric > acid, you > have been lucky you didn�t hurt yourselves, huh. If you pour water > / al cohol > to this heavy acid, the reaction may be very violent. But the > mixture sure > etches irons... > > take care, > > pekka s > > > > Adam Hupe wrote: > > >Dear List Members, > > > >We had a pretty strange thing happen in our shop today. We > purchased some > >so-called "magic cleaning potion" at the Denver show from a hippie > that had > >beautiful mineral specimens for sale. He told us the stuff works > great for > >removing calcite from minerals. We asked about meteorites and he > said it > >would be safe because it is natural, does not pollute and is a "green > >product"... > > > > -- > > > > > Pekka Savolainen > Jokiharjuntie 4 > FIN-71330 Rasala > FINLAND > > + 358 400 818 912 > > Group Home Page: http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/eurocoin > Group Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mail man/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
