How To Clean Quartz Crystals & Amethyst
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ย. 2024
- This is a "how to" video on cleaning quartz crystals and its varieties like amethyst, herkimer diamonds, smoky quartz, agates, and other crystals. Please understand this is a how to video, as shown in video, use products shown only as directed. Many variables may occur. Hopefully this video will help many of you understand how to clean your finds and enjoy them even more so!
Just Aragorn showing off his crystals from Middle Earth.
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That's no way to address the king
hahahah! good one
I guess this means I don't have to leave the Aragorn comment.
Yessssss!
My Daddy used to clean them with sulfuric acid. I remember when I was a kid we had kids plastic swimming pools all over the yard :) He was so tolerant of it, he could put his hands in that bubbling mess and pull out a coppper slab, so shinny.
I spent so many of my summers as a kid digging in mines and going to mineral shows with my Dad and his diggin partners.
Those Japanese twins paid our bills while he was dying from Cancer... maybe it is was all that sulfuric acid 😅
Love your vid's ... you remind me of those days and my Dad :) and digging in dirt ...
His name was Dick.. "Dick Jones Mineral Co." ... I am his oldest daughter, Lois
Hope you have a great day Lois...
How wonderful
This is such a sweet story. Thank you for sharing ❤️
I wish the channel owner would ❤️ this story! I loved reading it! What an awesome childhood & memories... excellent Dad!
I have always added the crystals to water and let it soak for half an hour prior to adding the iron out. This allows the water to penetrate all the cracks and crevices before the iron out. I have heard this prevents having the chemicals build up and eventually possibly leech out of your specimen causing it to be slightly toxic. I also usually let specimens soak in clean water for a few hours after removing them from the iron out solution.
Lovely pieces! I especially love the California amethyst !
Cheers from N.C.
Yes that’s a great idea especially when you have a lot of matrix.
Great details! Thank you!
Are you supposed to neutralize with baking soda after soaking in iron out? That's what I've always been told. Curious if you've heard that 😊
@@MarlainaAtkins great question, I'd say YES to baking soda. Maybe washing soda and white vinegar to initially wash them, also?
TY
Adam Rackham TY very interesting idea, possible leaching, etc. Did that solution leach any of the color from the amethysts? Would it from any stones or crystals? If you know... thanks for letting me pick your brain :-)
The forest people are always gifting me quartz...love them! 😍😎
Love quartz is my favorite and green opal
I love crystals and watching your videos has shown me all the processes that have to be gone through before they reach my son's shop here in the UK. Thank you for educating people like me who had no idea of how much hard work it is to get a beautiful crystal from the ground to my home. Mary-Ellen UK
Great video - this also clears up a common misconception that shiny beautiful crystals are rarely found in its pretty state right out of the ground. Rather, it takes yet more work to get them from dirty to clean!
Yes your absolutely right!
Does he looks a bit like Aragorn in Lord of the Rings?
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Yeah he does
It’s Gandalf he’s,magic at cleaning crystals
Sounds a little like Owen Wilson as well! No hate love this guy
That's just what I thought! 😊
Hi.... thank for the info my 8 year old daughter loves your channel. She loves it when you say WHAAATT...? 😁
Thanks !! Whaaaaaaat!! 😆
The Crystal Collector 🤣
This is so wholesome
Anerol, I just have to say, your hair is too dang cute!
Anerol Llanes beautiful name, for a VERY beautiful young lady.
I’m a 65 year old women that has always loved rocks! It was a joke in my family, if you take Diane she will be picking up rocks. I love your videos! They are very high quality! I feel like I’m right there digging those great pieces.
It’s on my bucket list to go to a mine and dig for some crystals. I live in Iowa besides geodes we don’t have any other good crystals to find. Thanks again for your great videos!
Come on down to Arkansas and get some of the best quartz crystals on Earth!
I would love the chance to go exploring for crystals and to do what you do. Amazing.
You might add that several drying and wetting cycles can really help with initial removal. I like your straightforward presentation and attention to safety. Could add a mention of use of ultrasonic cleaners too.
Yes I always forget about ultrasonic cleanse because I’m cleaning large amounts all the time. But they are great for most people into rockhounding! That would have been a nice addition, maybe I’ll do another version soon again.
I love how every time I think he's about to say "Wow!", it's actually "Whaaat?!"
You might want to add notes for the safety of your viewers. Pressure washers can cut through flesh very easily, depending on the tip you use. If you are going to hand hold it, wear your rubber acid gloves, it adds a layer of safety.
Toby White-Beebe yes your right, I actually use and electric one, a very cheap model for Harbir freight that doesn’t put out much pressure. Should have mentioned that, yes
And a little better script or make one. Perhaps wear PPE while measuring and mixing the Iron out.
Your Crystal's are super cool though! Great results.
Terrific video. VERY helpful for those of us newbie rock hounds just starting out. I've been collecting stones and cystals for years (I just turned 55) but only recently started digging for them. As luck would have it, I recently came home with about thirty pounds of quartz and Rose quartz. Many with rust stains and had no clue how to get it out. And don't worry too much about a script. You do just fine.
Great ideas, Cindy! It would help tie it all together, and round everything out!
Toby White-Beebe thank you
Seeing where crystals come from has given me a new appreciation and perspective. Thank you for sharing!
Allow me to say; Whaaaaat a super video made by Crystal Collector, again.
Greetings from a stone-mad Kenneth Prospecting Norway.
Thank you !! Whaaaat!
Sir i have a crystal like diamond and 12pcs of black gems you can watch add me on messanger tnxs from phillipines
I was watching your last video and was wondering how you cleaned em up, then this one popped up today while i was scrolling and I was so stoked to see you made a vlog on cleaning the crystals .... very cool :)
what a neat hobby and form of income....
Thank you! Those Amethysts are absolutely beautiful 😍 Amethyst, Sapphire and Malachite are my three top favorites! Can't wait to go hunting and digging for them some day 💎
I'm so glad I stumbled upon this video. You have some nice crystals. I'm no rockhound. I probably knew more about different rocks when I was a kid. I live in GA and I have LOTS of pretty white and white & pink rocks laying around on my property. They're everywhere! I thought they might be quartz (or marble) and your video confirmed it. Of course, mine are nowhere near the size you have but they're still pretty. Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing your technique! It's simply amazing how they can go from looking like a normal muddy rock, to being so beautiful.
Yes, it’s a fun process to see them cleaned up!
As someone that’s living at a mine for a seasonal job that has tons and tons of high quality amethyst I’m really happy to have come across this
that's so cool!!
For those of you wondering what "iron out" is : just checked the MSDS, it's plain old oxalic acid.
I'd be more worried about having my bare hands in a pressure washer's stream than about that chemical.
(good call on the glasses though).
piranha031091 actually, turns out the composition depends on the type of iron out product: www.mindat.org/mesg-19-416220.html
I always found that (Super) Iron Out was a very safe chemical, so I had to research what you said earlier, and I was surprised to find that the liquid version contains oxalic acid, while the powdered version has sodium dithionite/hydrosulfite which is safer and I’m more familiar with. Also, oxalic acid is a lot more destructive to other minerals than sodium dithionite (irrelevant for quartz however), so perhaps in the end one should carefully consider the type of (Super) Iron Out product to buy.
Yes, the powder form isn’t oxalic and the safest thing out there that works so well. Unlike muriatic it oxalic if gotten on skin it has only the slightest irritation for most people.
The point about the pressure washer stands though. Put your hands in front of my 3100 PSI and you’re likely to lose some skin.
I can't get over what a good job you did w this video and the quality of crystal knowledge
I've been following you for a while, I love your humor and sound effects, they really show your personality, very real and a little goofy, I like that in people! Also love your videos for the content, very helpful and informative! Thank you!
I am starting a crystals stone collection! I bought a few at a spiritual shop and can’t believe how much I spent on a few😳😂
But they are BEAUTIFUL! I found one looks like a rock on the back and shiny clear crystals inside, I dipped it in salt water and it looked like it dissolved! But it was nasty orange dirt like stuff. I’m learning, and love my new hobby!
Ty for the info 👏🏻
Do be careful when it comes to buying crystals, Soooo many fake/dyed ones out there. Specially online
I LOVE your videos, if you're ever out in Utah, my husband and I would LOVE to rockhound with you!!! 🙌
Can I come too
One of the most thorough and informative tutorials about cleaning crystals. Thank you!!! Subscribed!
Thank you for showing us how to clean our beautiful finds!
That Crystal with the orange and yellow top is amazing. Looks like some toasted marshmallows
My 4yr old great grandson called it snow
mm mmm, nothin like the taste of rock marshmallow amiright?
@@juneribbons5196 hes dumb
Hiya from Australia I have been loving and collecting crystals and all things from underground, in a very small way! My biggest problem is when we retired, I had help packing and most of the labels and history was lost! Lately I have been checking sites and love yours. You name everything and even though sometimes, we must have nicknames, I recognise the crystals! In Jan,2019, I am going to photograph and video all my pick-ups, presents and shop/stall bought treasures and upload so that peeps may be able to help me! PS. I had a look at Erika Lopez site and the rock is quite pretty, I would love to own it ⚒🇦🇺. Cheers Karyn
Yes, keeping up with all the crystals can be tough sometimes like that
I'm in north Carolina and I love your crystals. I get to dig in the creek next to my house. I've found some nice clusters. some nice singles, and I good geode. so I'm happy. now I can clean them. happy digging
That’s too cool, not many people get to do that right near their house! Let me know if you ever need some company Digging!!!
It was really fun when we bought a bunch of rough crystals from a mine in Arkansas . We cleaned them with something like this. I’m ready to get more.
Great video…
So glad you didn’t rinse all of them. I really like the red in some places. Either for an overall color or because it makes the white stand out more
Hi and hello Bryan! First I love the amethyst point I purchased. But I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the citrine clusters! It was a wonderful surprise and has made me ever more of a fan of your vlogs! It is truly Beautiful!!!! I said .....
WWHHHAAAATTTTT!!!! When I went thru the box. Again thank so much and I am still look other pieces I am checking your listings. Please let me know of any other places you sell your pieces! Karen Dennis Queens, NY!!!
Oh great! Glad you liked them! Yes that citrine came from a new find I made in Missouri, it’s such cool stuff! Thanks so much for your support! 🙌🙏💎
We have citrine in Missouri!?! WHAAATTT!?!?!
Can't wait until I'm free to explore again!
I wanted to thank you again. Several months ago, I posted some of my quartz clusters for i.d. in a Rockhound group. It was my 1st post and I had TONS of responses. There were several side conversations and a couple of feuds.
You chimed in with an answer that, sort of, shut everyone up, lol!
In my book, that means there is great respect out there for you!
But you were also detailed, educational and very kind!
You went above and beyond just answering the i.d. question. And it really stuck with me.
I know you're a super busy person. And I just wanted to say thank you again for taking the time to help! 💜
@@TheCrystalCollector hm is citrine cluster ang golden pyrite.?
Your adorable! I am new at rockhounding and appreciate your videos. Thank you!
Great job. I hear vinegar works well also. Not toxic
So you don't have to cover the bins while they soak? Also how do you dispose of the chemical once the soak is done? I don't have those trays, Why can't you put the rocks in first? Thanks!
You don’t have to cover them, but it’s good if you have animals or things so they don’t mess with it. All the info is on the back of containers.
As always great video man...we don't find crystals like those out here, but love watching you digging and cleaning...keep it up, love from Nagaland
Yay! I learned a little and got to read about and see people like me.... thanks y'all!
You inspire me... Thank you for all the great vids and info.....Much love...
Can this method be used on druzy quartz (Haunted Ridge specimens)?
Nice! Some crystals remind me of Superman's "cave"
Fortress of Solitude
Thank you for sharing another awesome video. I had heard Iron Out mentioned in another video but it wasn't as good as yours. Your crystals on eBay looked really nice. I look forward to buying some in the near future. Probably next month if things go well. Wowzer I wish I had a car I would love to visit some of the places you go to. Thanks again for another great video. Ms. Michal
This was so helpful, I'm struggling to clean my collection properly and have been doing 2 or 3 citric acid soaks. I'm not sure if we get iron out here in New Zealand but I will find the equivalent. Thank you for another great video.
Fast clean hot water. after cleaning put again hot water put oxolic acid powered in hot water it will clean leaves for two three weeks make sure you put glove and glass to protect you .then put bleach two cups
Nice video. very helpful 👍 i was unaware of cleaning by dissolving the iron content. subscribed.
I only like the videos that really, truly deserve my like. This man's "WHAAAAAAAAAAT" deserves a like every time!!!!!
Whaaaaaaaaat!! 💎
Thank You Brian! Absolutely aWeSoMe ❣️ A soak in vinegar (nature's acid) will do some surprising stuff... distilled or apple cider 😁
Your green its adorable ahhhh lol 😆 you have become so cozy and comfortable behind the camera now. Nice to see your growth. Just picked up some iron out I going to gear up . Set up the pressure washer and take your recommendations. Thanks man let's get her done whhhhattt
you remind me so much of Link and his father from GMM hahahaha, loved your vid thanks.
Would you use iron out to clean florite pyrite and sphalerite?
the way he said "There are ways" @00:22 imagine if it was followed my more silence
Thanks for the tips! This works so much better than methods i was using and god does the iron out work wonders i love your videos and keep up the good work i love the exposure you provide to all of these amazing minerals 👏
So glad it had helped🙌🙏💎. Will be doing many new videos soon!
You're lucky to find such specimens👍👌👍
TY for this. I found an amethyst the size of a lemon from one of those places in NC where you buy buckets of dirt to sift through. I would like to clean it up. It's pretty.
Sweet!!
Brilliant vid dude , glad I found your channel, awesome crystals ⛏🌵🌴🇬🇧🇺🇸
Thanks brother, 🙌🙏💎
respectanimals2 ditto on your comment
I truly enjoy watching your videos ,, been watching for a month or so ,, first time comment
Thanks for your support! I appreciate it💎🙌🙏
Thank you for this. I bought a cluster online that wasn't completely de-yellowed. This should finish it.
Wonderful video, thanks!!! Love those crystals, super nice. Keep going! Hi from Italy!
Thanks for watching!!!
I’m from Statesville NC which is 30 minutes away from Hiddenite area... crystal finding is half my life... I can spend 5 minutes in an area and find crystals, sapphires, geodes, emeralds... I have a piece of Hiddenite as well... but my quartz crystals I have dug up aren’t clean yet...i have been told from multiple sources to try iron out or the super iron out... thanks for the tutorial... I’ll be trying this soon
I knew u wet yourself over these finds. Now I have prooof. Thanks for the video I now know how to clean crystals. Whoop. Whoop
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Gorgeous rocks!!!!!! Great video thank you. Can't wait to watch more!
Funny that you are posting this now. We took two trips to Diamond Hill this week and was searching the TH-cam for answers to cleaning. Ended up using muriatic acid, which works, but it stinks, burns if you touch it and fumes something awful. Plus, you have to neutralize it. Next time: iron out. Are you going to Hogg Mine Saturday July 7th for the dig? I kind of think that Diamond Hill has been plucked to death, but I've asked Gina to let me know when they move more dirt. This will be my first go at Hogg Mine and I'm only accustomed to surface mining. I'd love to be your shadow and learn!!
This dude has an undeniable zany charisma. I could watch him have a parent teacher conference and be totally into it.
That was paradise! Do you have a website , where you sell all those crystals? Thank you :٥)
Thanks! Yes, google search “ultra rocks eBay” and you will find my store easily. Will be adding more recent finds soon!!
The Crystal Collector so excited for new stuff! I need that massive Herkimer!!
The Crystal Collector I was wondering as well! Thx
THOSE HERKIMERS!!
You are adorable! Im new to this so I appreciate your videos :)
Hey nice meeting u!! Keep up the good work!
Valerie Simmons nice meeting you also! Thanks for the 💇♂️ 🙌🙏💎💎💎
THANK you for posting such good information! I am going to the big dig in Mt. Ida this year.
That’s great! Hope to make it myself also🙌 gonna be great!
What mines do you go to? Any around Oklahoma surrounding states? Thanks!
thank you for teaching me all about rocks in your videos!
I've always used peroxide and a toothbrush to clean my crystals
Can you reuse the iron out solution if its not too dirty iam new to this just came back from Arkansas for the first time love your videos!
Did you get your herks from NY? I know there's a few other places they grow so can never be sure. I was looking it up to see if it's safe to clean mine with iron out and found your video. After I'd already had them soaking in it for half the day cause I'm smart like that. 😄 I live about 4-5hrs from Herkimer NY. I wish I could have a full on conversation with you about your crystal adventures and ask you like a thousand questions. If you mine stones for a living, you're so lucky, I'd do just about anything to do that for a living. 👍💎✌
Cool, you live pretty close to there! I live in North Carolina but usually try to visit the hook in my area for around a month every year. I hope you get to go digging more, may meet you up there digging
@@TheCrystalCollector Hell yeah, for real... You should lmk next time you plan on coming out this way, maybe we could meetb up out there I'd seriously love to talk to you about all your mining excursions, and you just seem like a genuinely cool dude. We always camped at Crystal Grove at Herkimer. The last guy that owned it was really cool but somebody bought him out and now the people they've got running it are not that great, to put it nicely. Did you hear the Herkimer Diamonds Gift Shop burned down last year? There's also a fossil park out here, probably about 20-25mins from me, I'd say probably about 15-20min drive from Buffalo. It's call Penn Dixie Fossil Mining and Nature Preserve.
Should buy one of those water picks
Used to home floss teeth?
Just a great video on a great channel! Always getting happy when you have a upload🐥
Thanks 🙌💎 will be working hard to do more!!
Great tutorial Bryan, amazing content.
10:00 Isn't that Citrin?
Yes !! 💎🙌💎🙌💜
A truly fabulous video thank you for sharing information I am definitely going to give this a try
When I heard Tristam & Braken, I swear I thought I was going out of my gosh darn mind but it appears that you do not disappoint, you only impress :^)
I was thinking I had that crystal at 4:42 but it's smaller. Oh well. Lol! Sam kind tho! Nice iron coated quartz!
Yeah I’m sure all of these went for sale eventually, who knows 💎💎🙌🙌🙌
Went to Colemans mine in Jessievillie Arkansas. Had a time of my life. I really wanna go back. I found some really nice pieces. Next time I would love to get a pocket. Just gotta save up for travel and expenses. Can't wait.
This helped me a lot when i was cleaning my amethyst
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Thank you so much ! I have been asking myself this for some time now getting ready to actually go out and try to find some of my own minerals thanks to you you have an amazing Channel I love what you do you're awesome we enjoy watching you and it gives us another way to get out and enjoy family time in nature and find some really cool stuff can't wait to get out there and find some minerals
Thank you for your excellent videos! Because of you I went to the Little Pine Mine in NC for garnet collecting! I was thrilled with my finds...BUT I'm having trouble removing the mica from the garnets with the suggested method at the mine. How would you remove mica from garnets?
You can sometimes soak them in water for long periods to loose up the mica a bit, but if you can polish them they become outstanding! I’m hoping to make a video soon on how this is done. So awesome you made it there!!!!🙌🙌🙏💎💎💎
I have been waiting for a video like this for so long. The information and process / technique's out here on the web are few and far between, not to mention a little hard to grasp for ppl just starting out. Any chance you might be up to the Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree this year? I know there will be quite a few ppl interested to meet you and hear some of your tips and tricks of the trade.
How would you go about cleaning a 300ish pound quartz boulder? Love Sweet Surrender by the way. Mrs. Becky is awesome!
I understand that the color in amethyst are caused by traces of Iron in the Quartz. Would the product Iron Out cause Amethyst to lose color?
No because it’s not penetrating the crystal lattice. But great question! 👏👏. Also takes some radiation
Hey!!!! So my friend Solomon found a HUGE chunk of quartz. It was so dirty though! So I will definitely tell him about this. Also, I love gems and crystals. Our classes is studying rock and crystals. We also are going to a gem mine soon! Hopefully I get some good stuff, like rose quartz (my favorite), quartz, amethyst, bornite, or maybe even some orange calcite!!!
I was relaxing in my hotel room in Rogers Arkansas the day before my adventures to the Jim Coleman mine when your notification for the video came on for the iron out cleaner. This stuff works great and cheaper to buy as well. I took your advice and tried it on less desirable pieces and now they're more desirable than before. Have you tried Jim's mine yet? Our next trip we will go try Ron's and then the others. Keep making great videos!
New to this channel but love it already! Keep up the good work!!!
Just discovered you! What a BIG help! Thanx! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
BryGuy, what is that black stuff that comes out on some of the pieces after an iron soak? Can that stuff be removed with more Iron Out?
It’s usually manganese oxides, and I’ve recently figured out that it initially will come off then depositing on the bottom layer of your soaking tub, contacting and staining the pieces on bottom. You will need to elevate them off the bottom and re soak
Been waiting to see a cleanup video and man was that satisfying to watch, thanks and yea What!
What is the best way to clean natural quartzite. Also what book or course could you recommend for learning how to identify rocks and crystals accurately. Thanks for your videos I’m a beginner rock hound and it really helps.
The iron out should clean up natural quartzite better than anything, that in a pressure washer combo. I would say just searching on the Internet, they are lots of books and things on identification. I would not recommend the apps they do not work well
Anyone else here into agates?
I like crystals and agates
I own a large piece of agate
I have 2 raw medium chunk rafllesia agate origin sumatra. Oh by the way i'm indonesian
@@fallenangel8136 can i have the agate from Sumatra, i own a pink Ruby from Bangladesh and Taiwan.
I have a tumbled fire agate and a tumbled blue lace agate
Please make a video on how to properly break open rocks to find crystals, I have a big quartz rock and I can see the crystals sticking out on some sides but I don’t know how to properly do it and I don’t wanna mess it up
Billy Ray Cyrus🙂 good video 👍👍
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YOU ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST, MY CRYSTAL GATHERING GURU!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! 💋💙💎🔮💜⚒
Wow love your site. My kids and i have been picking up rocks since they were just little. We never knew what we had. Neverthless to this day we pick up; what is to us interesting rocks.
Excellent video, man. Thanks for taking the time to making it and sharing it with us. Got a piece of raw Rainbow Fluortie and wanted to clean it up, may need to try a small edge to be safe.
Im now late 50's, but I was hunting crystals since I was 7 years old. Had a big vein I was always hammering, chipping, and digging at just beyond the pasture. I was always working it. Only to have my evil step mother to steal my entire collection. Love your "what??" my son says that a lot too. Do you sell on any of the sites, like ebay? Love to check it out.
Thanks for the advice, I plan on doing just that on my Herkimers any tips on removing the specs of black duzy on the contact points of the crystals??
If it’s intergrown into the Crystal you can’t remove it, but if it’s over gross you can pressure wash it or pull it off with tools