[Rockhounds] Repairing Herkimer Clusters

Kreigh Tomaszewski Kreigh at Tomaszewski.net
Sun Apr 13 12:08:45 PDT 2008


Darryl,

Use a minimal amount of superglue.

The back of your label should be updated to note the specimen was
repaired.

Kreigh




Holly & Darryl wrote:
> 
> Dear Rockhounds,
> Greetings from the Rochester Symposium.  Great Symposium again this
> year.  It's been a ball hearing the stories from the dealers and
> collectors.  A lot of great people here.
> 
> Here's the question for all of you (now that I'm home and away from the
> crowd).
> What glue do you all recommend for reattaching a herkimer crystal to the
> rest of the crystal group?  I tried elmer's (don't think it's going to
> work; can't keep my hand still long enough).
> 
> Any guidance would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> Darryl Powell
> Manchester, New York
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