[Rockhounds] Repairing Herkimer Clusters

[Rik Dillen]

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Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Repairing Herkimer Clusters

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

>>>>> I hoped someone would come up with this aspect. Any repair or other form of artificial fundamental "improvement"
should be mentioned, especially if you sell or exchange the specimen.
But because your heirs/heiresses (had to look up this term in my dictionnary ;>) will not know what happened to the
specimens it is obligatory anyway.
This is not only the case for repaired specimens, but e.g. also for specimens that have been treated with acids,
dithionite method etc., because the paragenesis is not anymore what it has been before. Of course there is always a gray
zone. I don't mention that I cleaned a specimen ultrasonically using water.
Grts,

Rik DILLEN 
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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