@twostoneslapidary I advise you to not attempt to recreate anything you see in the video unless experienced wih concentrated acids. Please take proper safety precautions. Use face protection and skin protection the heat from the sugar or acid alone can burn you let alone the corrosiveness of the acid. If you can do it outdoors you should. Be very careful when pouring the acid out.
A very good job, some lovely bits of matrix there. I am about to try treating some I found while outback Australia at Andamooka. Hopefully it will work well. Is there any other acid you can use or substitute for the sulfuric acid? Regards Andy Poverty prospecting Australia 🇦🇺
Thats really nice stuff, but you should really point out its andamooka matrix in the title., because matrix in lightning ridge and matrix in queensland are completly different things to andamooka matrix and can be confusing to people that dont understand. It doesnt deminish from it by being specific, in fact its very sought after.
@bialy100k Yes it's permanent but how deep the treatment penetrates into the stone varies per piece. Only way to take the carbon our is to soak in a heated bleach solution but it won't fully undarken it and it also damages the stone
Great video. Nice meeting you today. Thanks for all the info. Ed
Awesome video on how to treat, looking forward to trying.
@twostoneslapidary I advise you to not attempt to recreate anything you see in the video unless experienced wih concentrated acids. Please take proper safety precautions. Use face protection and skin protection the heat from the sugar or acid alone can burn you let alone the corrosiveness of the acid. If you can do it outdoors you should. Be very careful when pouring the acid out.
@twostoneslapidary Thankyou for watching glad you enjoyed
I'm glad to see you guys doing well. Can't wait to buy another piece of matrix from you guys. Love your content. Keep them coming!
Beautiful 😊
Awesome buddy, thank you for making the video
Very cool
A very good job, some lovely bits of matrix there. I am about to try treating some I found while outback Australia at Andamooka. Hopefully it will work well. Is there any other acid you can use or substitute for the sulfuric acid? Regards Andy Poverty prospecting Australia 🇦🇺
@@andypandyAU.6669 Only Sulfuric Acid will work
@@MojaveMineralMiners okay thanks for the quick reply! Cheers Andy PPA 👍
Thats really nice stuff, but you should really point out its andamooka matrix in the title., because matrix in lightning ridge and matrix in queensland are completly different things to andamooka matrix and can be confusing to people that dont understand. It doesnt deminish from it by being specific, in fact its very sought after.
I have another video titled treating andamooka matrix opal and didn't want the title repeated in my lineup. At 0:21 I say it's Andamooka Matrix Opal
Is this permanent? Wont loose colours and "style" on time?
@bialy100k Yes it's permanent but how deep the treatment penetrates into the stone varies per piece. Only way to take the carbon our is to soak in a heated bleach solution but it won't fully undarken it and it also damages the stone