How To Clean Quartz Crystals With Iron Out

Getting rid of iron stains.

How to clean quartz crystals with iron out. Some crystals will have iron deposits in them too deep to get out with this process but i feel that makes each crystal unique. Soaking the crystals in oxalic acid is the usual way to remedy this. If you have any quartz crystals covered in rusty iron deposits you can purchase iron out here to clean them up safely and easily. Don t use this method for crystals containing iron such as hematite pyrite and tiger iron. Simply swirl the mixture around until all of the chemicals are dissolved in the water.

Oxalic acid powder sometimes called wood bleach is available at rock shops drug stores though this may be an expensive way to go and cleaning supply stores. Scrub crystals under a running tap of cold water. Be sure to rinse the quartz crystals with water when you finish. If you want to make your own iron out cleaning solution you can combine 33 grams of sodium dithionite 28 grams or sodium bicarbonate 59 grams of sodium citrate and 800 milliliters of water. Welcome back to chris andrew outside.

This is a how to video on cleaning quartz crystals and its varieties like amethyst herkimer diamonds smoky quartz agates and other crystals. Visualize a beam of white light to cleanse. This is one of my favorite crystals that i ve cleaned so far. In this two part episode we do some much needed cleaning on a mess of quartz crystals we found.