Cleaning Fluorite crystals with bleach

[@sarejen6868]

I picked up some that have a rusty looking crust on them. Going to give the Iron Out a try. Thanks for sharing!

[@idreesjamal301]

Can i get ur instagram, facebook?

[@Caver461]

Thanks Michael - got a big job ahead of me

[@ontariorocksrelics]

Yup. Easy but seams to work well on the right specimen .

[@LithiumAH]

What do you do afterwards to make them shiny again?

[@gemsandmineralsworld9535]

Put those in Vinegar for half day.

[@saveurital455]

Thank you for the very good idea using a 5L distilled water empty bottle for basing crystals! Can I use citric acid or vinegar instead?

[@ontariorocksrelics]

Saveurital I think the acids could damage the crystals especially if any calcite is present. I would stick with bleach as it does not adversely affect the crystals.

[@saveurital455]

​@@ontariorocksrelics Thank you for the rapid reply. I can't find Iron Out in Europe. Bleach could be chlorine? I have Barites cluster covered with a black and grey scales, some top part of them are shinny but mostly covered by black/grey matrix(?) or scale and large quartz under it. I can find liquid form of iron solvent "Evapo-Rust" here, but I don't know if it cleans the black/grey scale which covers on the top part of the rock. It's quite big and heavy, 12x7 inches. Could you give me some advice please?

[@dariotaylor6444]

Saveurital I think it’s called Rust out in Europe, pretty sure that’s the brand name in Britain

[@saveurital455]

@@dariotaylor6444 Thank you!

[@diamondintherough6276]

the video says cleaning w bleach. but its iron out. 🤦

[@saaamember97]

Iron-Out is actually an acid (Oxalic). However, in this case, since it was used to remove iron "stains," I feel that it is not too far-fetched to say it is acting like a bleach.

[@diamondintherough6276]

@@saaamember97 iron out spray is oxalic acid. iron out powder is actually a different acid its a sodium bismusulfite acid. but my point was the title said iron out but it wasnt iron out it was bleach. 2 totally different chemicals.

[@diamondintherough6276]

@@saaamember97 bleach is sodium hypochlorite a chlorine chemical compound anyway... two totally different chemical compounds. hopefully u never mix the 2 together because u think theyre the same thing🤦

[@jesseleal9138]

I though putting flourite into any time of acid releases toxic fumes

[@ontariorocksrelics]

Yes any acid could release some fumes, always do in well be related area. I find the iron out itself releases, haven’t noticed any additional smell when the fluorite was added.

[@TheBrettarcher]

so i gota big old cube from Uk classic loc its also got galena pyrites and calcite and lots of iron staining it was a beauty of crystal but it got used as a door stop for a garden shed and gotten all rusty and cracked etc

[@ontariorocksrelics]

Ya sorry for title but ya iron out should work. Just be careful with pyrite, might need wd40 after to stabilize it or it will crumble.