Hey man we went to Ron Coleman's mine after seeing your video with our four and six year old and had an absolute blast! It was on a Sunday so they weren't hauling up fresh loads and we didn't find any monsters but it was definitely worth it and we did find lots of smaller crystals. Thank you so much for putting your information out there like this I definitely have a bunch of crystals to clean today!

Thank you Crystal Jesus

Excellent information in a nice steep by step order. As a nurse, I loved that you shared the safety data sheet as well. Thank you!

@CrystalsofArkansas

8 ай бұрын

I appreciate your kind comment and feedback! Many blessings

Perfect video! No fluff, all useful, responsible, and straight to the very informative point. A pleasure!

Absolutely stunning! I like them natural and clean❣️

I see why you so carefully gather the small specimens you find. Very nice. 👍

Great video. This will help me clean the crystals I got in Arkansas 3 years ago. Met you at Wagner's where we had a great time buying.

Great video! So many helpful tips!

Excellent demonstration.

Outstanding Performance ❤

Another amazing video, really is incredible the difference after cleaning!! I'm so happy when I see so many quartz samples,well done my friend!! Thank you for sharing it and see you in your next video!! Good follow up my good friend and always be careful!!

Thank you for sharing! This was awesome!

Thank you. That was super informative

Such quality information stay safe mate ❤

The sandstone clusters are phenomenal!😁

Thank you SO much for this VERY informative video!! All of my questions got answered perfectly!!

@CrystalsofArkansas

2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! There is written instructions in the description for a quick reference. If cleaning sandstone clusters, use fresh acid for best results. Thanks for watching!

This is a very useful video. It solved my question. I hope I can find all the ingredients and apply them. Thank you very much.

Thanks for the well produced video! It was fun to meet you at your store and talk about adventures. When I'm back in Mount Ida I'll stop by again.

@CrystalsofArkansas

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Peter! Looking forward to next time.

THANKS SO MUCH for this inspiring comprehensive DIY crystal cleaning vid. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 I was particularly IMPRESSED (and Thankful) with the way you addressed SAFETY MEASURES PROTOCOL with regards to the handling of potentially dangerous chemicals. This was my first time visiting your channel and I was "subscribed" BEFORE even completing the vid!!! WISHING you ALL THE BEST OF SUCCESS with all your positive, inspiring, crystal related adventures. 🌈💖🦄

Thank you for showing us your methods. Keep up great vids.

@CrystalsofArkansas

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Love it! Great explanation and follow through on everything!

@CrystalsofArkansas

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Another great video! Thanks for taking the time and showing us your process. I'll definitely try the "crockpot" method next time.

@CrystalsofArkansas

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It works great

Dude, most informative video I have seen!Thumbs up much appreciated

@CrystalsofArkansas

8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! I appreciate that!

Amazing, thank you for sharing.

Thanks for the demonstration of cleaning crystals

@CrystalsofArkansas

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! I’ll have another follow up video sometime this year. Thanks for watching and commenting!!

You have a certain calmness in your eyes THANK YOU SO MUCH

@CrystalsofArkansas

8 ай бұрын

That’s kind of you! Thank you

this video is so great. thank you for sharing. I've been using oxalic acid but never with heat. Gonna try it!

Thank you so much the advice about surface iridescence!❤🎉

@CrystalsofArkansas

10 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! Those are my favorite

Very clear instructions and pathways. Thanks❤

@CrystalsofArkansas

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😊 thank you!!

Thanks for a nice and informative video. Oxalic will really do my crystals justice. Cheers 🥂

Very informative. Thank you. Following.

Great work ! Thanks so much !

All your finds are gorgeous!thank you for all the details I’ve only ever used iron out but it never does them this beautifully

@RagnarRocks

2 жыл бұрын

Iron out is Oxalic Acid

@RobynSahm

Жыл бұрын

@@RagnarRocks Not really. Not PURE oxalic acid.

Always natural So beautiful Dragon tears. Thank you for your calm informative and safety concious explanation. Mount ida for life.

Great Video with detail from start to finish. Great to watch all stages in one video including two processing methods (Crockpot and Solar). Thank you.

@CrystalsofArkansas

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Very thorough and super helpful! Thank you!

@CrystalsofArkansas

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Thank you 💚

Thanks for the info I did iron out on some Arkansas clusters but while it did lighten it still needs another another round of removal and was looking for something with a little bit more power.

Great video! I used your process and my crystals from Twin Creek turned out beautifully! Thank you so much!

@CrystalsofArkansas

10 ай бұрын

Wonderful! My pleasure

Thank you! I visited Ron Coleman mining, and my family and I spent 2 days there. We're going through the cleaning process right now. This video is super helpful. Just got home yesterday. Hi from Northern Kentucky. 👍👍👍

@whitneywynn6145

Жыл бұрын

This is so funny, we are going through the cleaning process as I found your comment. We went to the same mine and all. Hi from Southeastern Kentucky!

Awesome, thanks for showing this 🙂

We love going to Board Camp Crystal Mine! Love Orville and Cheryl. ❤

@CrystalsofArkansas

10 ай бұрын

I will still have to check that location out.

Thank you for this amazing video! We just got back from Arkansas and this helped so much!!! Much love xoxo

@CrystalsofArkansas

4 ай бұрын

That makes me happy!!

Always impressed when someone references the MSDS in a KZread video!

@CrystalsofArkansas

4 ай бұрын

Safety first!!

Awesome video ! My wife and I dream to take a trip to Arkansas to dig quartz and South Carolina for amethyst some day

Thank you very much for sharing your experience, you are a very nice guy. I took crystals from the Alpes in France. White and brown quartz. I will follow your advice. 🥰🥰

Wonderful video. I have watched endless videos trying to get my crystals clean with Iron out only to fail. Your video is just what we needed! Thanks so much 🙌💎 Subscribed

@CrystalsofArkansas

10 ай бұрын

Glad it helped. You are very welcome. I’ll have another follow up video with more tips coming this winter.

Love the video so much help thank you

Thank you so much for this video. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Thank you so much.. now I can clean my findings from cristal park..Montana..

@CrystalsofArkansas

8 ай бұрын

Wonderful! Glad it was helpful

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I appreciate this video so much!! I took my three young sons two of mine over the summer and we have all these wonderful crystals but I don’t know how to clean them so they’ve just been sitting. I finally started looking up how to clean them and your video has been the best! Can’t wait to try. I love the crockpot idea because I was trying to figure out how they were going to stay in warm water. ❤

@CrystalsofArkansas

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Feel free to message anytime if you have more questions.

Hey! Thanks for the recommendations. I am trying to clean a ton of quarts with lots of iron deposits. Which had been difficult in the past. I’ve use iron out in the past but I tend to find that I get a yellow residue and is impossible to get out. I’ve found oxalic acid to be my best method. Cheers!

@CrystalsofArkansas

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Thank you Oxalic works well even though it can sometimes leave residues also. Phosphoric acid is another good one and may help clean your acid-stained pieces.

You're awesome!!! Thank you ❤

Hello Dominik, thanks for the video, though I’ve been cleaning crystals for years now, I’ve learned a couple of things from today video. Thank you. My husband and I were actually at Jim’s one day when you and your friends showed up. It was one of those times we had the field to by ourselves for a while. Even tho I have to deal with the high iron, we really like going Jim’s. Cheaper and closest to home, but you got hit them at the right times. Stay safe

@CrystalsofArkansas

Жыл бұрын

Jim Coleman’s is awesome. It’s all about timing! It was fun digging together! Hope you did well!

I really appreciate your crystal cleaning video. I’ve had problems with my crystals looking cloudy after iron out cleaning. I’ve tried rinsing them after acid and putting them in a baking soda and water solution.

@CrystalsofArkansas

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes it’s the nature of the crystal, but oxalic acid usually doesn’t leave a residue. Try a ultrasonic cleaner also to remove the dullness maybe.

Thank you for your knowledge

@CrystalsofArkansas

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Love your budget friendly tools, equipment. Maybe cover the bucket with a screen so insects and animals don’t fall in. 😏

Thank you best wishes from australia

Very nice friend

Thank you so much for this video! Just dug at Ron Coleman last weekend for the first time. I’ve watched your video several times but I never caught what temp the crockpot should be on? I saw it on Hi at one point, and Lo at the end.

Love your easy vibe

@CrystalsofArkansas

10 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

thank you for tutorial, and merci pour la vidéo ^^

Nicely done.

@CrystalsofArkansas

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I like your voice and your accent. Very soothing.

@CrystalsofArkansas

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🫶

I am a novice, and only for myself and my wife. Not to your scale. Thank you so much for this, learned so much. I have taken a liking to Jasper, I leave the points for my wife.

BEWARE: though it's very good to clean Quartz and Adularia, IT will destroy and/or dissolve Pyrite, Hematite, Magnetite and so on. Don't use it on ferrous crystals, DON'T. If you bath those, very fast, and then deactivate the acid with some basic, very fast, it makes them shiny (if not too oxidized like pyrite may happen to be, that red/brown layer will not go away) due to reducing their crystal volume a bit exposing the under "layer". Always bath all your crystals into a bicarbonate water solution for HOURS after the acid was used, if you don't deactivate it, it may eats up and destroy your specimen over time if the piece can absorb some moisture from the air and melt the acid crystals (not quartz or adularia, but it will slowly eats up Biotite or such).

@zoichikanoe6242

Жыл бұрын

I just wanted to underline it, I did lost a good hematite crystal which was covered and partially hidden under the iron oxide thick layer (0.5cm thick).

You found some really nice pieces at Jim's. I was digging out there yesterday and found some good ones, although not nearly as nice as yours. I think I will try the Oxalic Acid method on my next batch. We need to go digging together again sometime soon. Take care my friend.

@CrystalsofArkansas

2 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to our next dig brother!

Hey man, great video. can you use this acid on rubies, sapphires and emeralds?

@CrystalsofArkansas

8 ай бұрын

I have used it successfully on rubies and sapphires. I am not sure about emeralds.

Thank you for the detail.......

@CrystalsofArkansas

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Hey Dominik! Das war mal interessant zu sehen, wie man die so schön klar bekommt! Herzliche Grüße vom Rand der Schwäbischen Alb! Elke

@CrystalsofArkansas

2 жыл бұрын

Danke! Ich komme im Mai endlich mal wieder nach Berlin! Zum geburtstag meiner mutter. Ich freu mich darauf!

Cool video

Wonderful video ✌️🧡😁

@CrystalsofArkansas

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Hi Dominic quick question about Jim Miller mine. Have they started mining again and dumping tailings? Last year he told me he had stopped 6 months prior. Was there several years ago enjoyed it would love to go again if they are active again.

Thank you sooo much for this incredibly thorough and easy to follow video on crystal cleaning. I'm a budding crystal shop and have struggled to find clear info on cleaning iron until your video! One question if you don't mind, would this method also help with white/cloudy deposits on the surface of clear quartz & amethyst quartz crystals? I have some beautiful pieces and idk if there is an acid bath that would help or if it's something I would have to polish off 😅. Thank you again for all your help!

@CrystalsofArkansas

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! The deposits you are referring to are usually other minerals or etchings that will not be removed by oxalic acid. Even stronger acids will not remove some of these deposits. A polish would be a viable option.

@Suisyo

Жыл бұрын

@@CrystalsofArkansas Oh ok, thank you for the reply. Much appreciated!

Is the runoff from washing the crystals safe for the grass (maybe not) or driveway? I live in the city and trying to figure out where to do this! I have crystals from a trip almost a year ago that I’m finally soaking! Thanks for the video!

Amazing 👏🏼 & Thanks a million for the info. Question can one use Oxalic acid let's say in the cleaning of other colored gemstones that may have rust?

@CrystalsofArkansas

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes I have used it on different types of Quartz, kyanite, rubies, garnets and more. Be sure to test on a small piece first and never use on porous minerals. Also sometimes just a cold and fresh solution is better than hot. Use caution and please do further research, don’t ruin your specimen

I’m so psyched to see this because I’ve got crystals and I’ve got oxalic acid but that’s as far as I’ve gotten.

@CrystalsofArkansas

2 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah! All the info you need right here. Enjoy!

@sarsarsvintagejewelry

2 жыл бұрын

@@CrystalsofArkansas It really was perfect! Gotta find an old crock pot and I’m set! Thanks for this video, it was perfect and easy to follow.

OHH MY MY DUDE YOUR CRYSTALS❤️

I love the smal i make hanger beatyful cristal you have

I live in Texas and the ranch is a s ton of flint. Some of the flint has some kind of crystal in it. They are small but when clean the pieces of flint, some black some brown are beautiful. Would this be ok for the crystal flint?

Saving for my Watch Later so I don't miss it

@CrystalsofArkansas

2 жыл бұрын

Yay! Thank you

Excellent video! Was the large black bucket, plastic or metal? Also, love that you’re teaching how to neutralize the OA.

@CrystalsofArkansas

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Melissa! Yes, plastic works best for oxalic acid but I have also used metal utensils with no problem, yet eventually more corrosion.

Thanks you very usefull

hey man! Ive been going about this for a few 3 days now, had been keeping it indoors to nto much avail, upped the oxalic acid dosage and warmed up the water quite a bit, roughly how long did it take in that time lapse to work?

@CrystalsofArkansas

4 ай бұрын

8 hours

@Oblivionpma

4 ай бұрын

@@CrystalsofArkansas its been 3 months and i had left the acid alone, forgot about it completely, outward spiral crystals have started to form on the base, about 3, and i got a crystal from the upper lip of where the fluid made contact, for some reason its growing upwards, how fragile are these stones as a whole?

Iron out is oxalic acid but more consumer safe and requires more heat or longer treatments to work

@MinerDetail

Жыл бұрын

No it's not. Too different chemical formulas containing different compounds.

@CrystalsofArkansas

4 ай бұрын

Iron outs active ingredient is oxalic acid.

thanks !!

Thanks!

@CrystalsofArkansas

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! 🙏🫶🥳

So does the acid solution have to be hot for it to work or does that just help it work better? Super informative video btw it’s really helpful!!

@CrystalsofArkansas

Жыл бұрын

It speeds up the process but it doesn’t have to be hot necessarily. Points will clean in cold solutions as well but the more iron stains the lesser it works in cold solution

Ótimo trabalho

@user-pe2dh3nm1h

9 ай бұрын

Бул.ташты.ким.алатекен.

Great, i have to clean one. Btw, you have a nice voice 🤗

@CrystalsofArkansas

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Solid video man! 11:39 how many hours on high should you leave it on for? Then how many hours of low? Noticed you started at high then ended on low just wanted to know how many hours for each?

@CrystalsofArkansas

4 ай бұрын

No specific rule, 4-5 on high, 6-8 on low or 8-10 on low is good too

Hi I use to go to Mt Ida and got a lot of crystals about 6 yrs ago, I moved Oregon do you know of any places around In Oregon to go Crystal hunting? I love you video thank you.

@CrystalsofArkansas

4 ай бұрын

There are definitely spots. Sunstone, obsidian, carnelian There are groups on Facebook that may be helpful for localities

Thanks for a wonderfully clear explanation on how to use oxalic acid to clean crystals 🛀🫧

If you add a tablespoon of baking soda on your first rinse and maybe soak the crystals for a minute before applying the pressure wash, it will neutralize the acid. Those are beautiful crystals btw, thanks for sharing. 😊

@CrystalsofArkansas

4 ай бұрын

I do not recommend that. It can mess with the crystals surface

Clean is beatyful

Hi from Zambia

Hi my friend me gustan mucho los cristales dime si vendes donde voy para comprar gracias me gustan todos tus videos bye

Do you have plans for making a cleaning station? I'm looking simple and cost-effective. Just a beginner at crystal mining.

@CrystalsofArkansas

10 ай бұрын

Yes, filmed a video on it a while ago and hope to have it published this fall or winter.

Hi, will it clean fluorite without any damage?

@CrystalsofArkansas

4 ай бұрын

No

Can I use this cleaning method to clean flourite?