[Rockhounds] Stone Consolidation

[marilyn travis]

You might try disolving some CLEAR plexiglas in acetone (as you hav already 
soaljed it in acetone no prob.) then out the whole thing in the plexiglas 
acetone mix and let the acetone evaporate that will leave the plexiglas in 
the cracks   Steve
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From: "Brenda Van Dyke" <brenick at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Stone Consolidation


> Neal,
>
> Sorry, no help here, but I wanted to tell you I really like your quotes!
>
> Brenda
>
>
> On 12/2/08, Neal Hazen <batsondebelfry at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have some Peruvian chrysocolla. As a 5 lb mass, it is stable enough.
>> However, it won't slab without crumbling. I am looking for specific 
>> advice
>> on methods of stabilizing this material before I put it in the slab saw. 
>> I
>> have washed the rock in detergent, then soaked it in acetone to prepare 
>> it.
>> It's beautiful enough to be worth the cost of cyanoacrylate, if that is 
>> the
>> best way to go. I am seeking a stabilizer that will give a minimum of 
>> 15mm
>> penetration. The folks who stabilize turquoise seem to have the procedure
>> and stabilizer locked down pretty well, but I have been unable to find a
>> discussion of their technique. I dislike stabilizing any rock intended 
>> for
>> making into cabochons, but that is the only way this material will ever 
>> be
>> anything other than a paperweight.
>>
>> Neal Hazen
>>
>> "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough 
>> to
>> take away everything you have."
>>
>> Thomas Jefferson
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>> be
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>> origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet 
>> an
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>> allegiance
>> here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't 
>> an
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>> have
>> room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and 
>> we
>> have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American
>> people.'
>>
>> Theodore Roosevelt 1907
>>
>>
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