El Dorado 964 Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 A client brought me rock that had some crystal gold exposed. He asked me if I could remove some of the matrix rock and expose more of the crystals. Since I have a great microscope to work under and all the right tools to try this.... I said sure why not! This is painstaking miniature work, but it may pay off big time. My client did not want to do the HF normal treatment. Wish I would have taken a before picture. I think I am now about 1/2 way done but will have to wait the owners opinion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Wiseman 19 Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Killer stuff.....great job man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garimpo 2,295 Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 WTG Steve....great work and beautiful gold... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HighPlainsSifter 1 Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Its a show piece for sure. Nice job Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigrex 60 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Reminds me of unearthing fossils from solid rock, do you use tools similar to dental tools? It looks like the gold coming out of there is really worth the effort. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hoser Oates 1 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 fine work as always but??????? makes no sense to me not to HF that piece??but not my gold-John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Dorado 964 Posted June 21, 2010 Author Share Posted June 21, 2010 I use dental tools and my high speed fordam tool with tiny dental burs......... HF treated stone leaves a telltale trace that it was treated with acid. My client wanted the piece to be free of acid and will be sold as such........ Also it is easier to be very selective on matrix removal while HF is harder to control......... It was an experiment and as soon as my client sees it today, I think he will judge it successful Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garimpo 2,295 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Steve what kind of magnifying glass do you use? Mine is a 10 power with a light on a swingarm but I can't do much with just dental picks...I've always wondered what a piece like yours would look like done the way your doing it...thanks for posting... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Dorado 964 Posted June 21, 2010 Author Share Posted June 21, 2010 I use a microscope....... 50X Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hoser Oates 1 Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Is it just me or does that look like a jaw fulla broken gold teeth??? :unsure: kudos on the work Steve, scopework and the manual dexterity to do things at a micro movement scale is ungodly tedious. No major scars showing,even under magnification :zapped: make ya blind staring that hard. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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