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Deleted Deleted Member Member since January 1970 Posts: 0	Playing around with Pyrite Aug 19, 2012 17:07:12 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2012 17:07:12 GMT -5 Thanks Tim! That is mighty nice of you.

albertarockhound noticing nice landscape pebbles Spending too much time on rocks Member since November 2011 Posts: 92	Playing around with Pyrite Aug 27, 2012 7:58:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by albertarockhound on Aug 27, 2012 7:58:22 GMT -5 I have a bunch of pyrite and this sounds like a way to add appeal to it. Will try it and see if it works on mine. Brenda
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Playing around with Pyrite Oct 17, 2012 21:57:42 GMT -5

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Aug 16, 2012 18:55:32 GMT -5 @azrockgeek said:

Thanks to Shotgunner for posting the pic's of his spheres, it got me motivated.

Here is a sphere from the material above, the blue patina is only on the surface and sands off very easily. Here is the sphere at a 1000 grit pre-polish.

I then soaked it in vinegar for a few days to get the blue patina. For some odd reason it would not change colors, then I found this link on mindat that said place some scrap copper wire in the solution.

www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,19,180405,182061

After one night it changed colors, I may have left it in too long, it was a bit more purple then I wanted. But, the wife loves it the way it is. :-)

Thanks for looking,

Tim

I did not remember that post. That is freeking killer! wow!

Toad misunderstood rock expert Only rocks understand me. Member since September 2004 Posts: 12,798	Playing around with Pyrite Oct 18, 2012 9:38:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Toad on Oct 18, 2012 9:38:24 GMT -5 Looks way cool
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mohs In Memoriam RIP mohstly Member since January 2009 Posts: 19,412	Playing around with Pyrite Oct 18, 2012 10:29:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mohs on Oct 18, 2012 10:29:34 GMT -5 now I want a sphere grinder this hobby keeps me go around and around
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Fossilman Cave Dweller Member since January 2009 Posts: 20,718	Playing around with Pyrite Oct 18, 2012 11:05:05 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fossilman on Oct 18, 2012 11:05:05 GMT -5 Put it under a black light and see what colors you get off of it............
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Playing around with Pyrite Oct 18, 2012 11:16:25 GMT -5

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I wish I could put it under a UV light, I gave the sphere to the mine owner to keep him happy so that I can get a return trip. My wife has been squaking about ever since, apparently it is the only rock in the house that she would notice if it was gone. :-)

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geoff Guest	Playing around with Pyrite Oct 18, 2012 14:26:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by geoff on Oct 18, 2012 14:26:27 GMT -5 Holy crap! I missed this thread! That is beautiful! I have a 40 gal bucket full of pyrite in the shop... I can't wait to get home and play this weekend! Awesome sphere!

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Playing around with Pyrite Oct 21, 2012 15:03:13 GMT -5

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Post by metalsmith on Oct 21, 2012 15:03:13 GMT -5

'peacock' may just refer to the colouration, but I recall that this is a pet-name for bornite - iron-copper sulphide. The vinegar is likely to encourage the copper to swap places with some of the iron in the pyrite FeS2 but on its own won't do so - since there is no copper in vinegar (or you're buying it in the wrong shop!). Left to do its thing, it would probably work right through but it depends on the sample for how long that would take ...

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