WHATS INSIDE? DISSOLVING ROCKS WITH TABLE VINEGAR

[@ms.joannab5705]

Rock hunting becomes an addicttion that some people just don't understand. Oneday I'll be known as that crazy rock lady 🤪

[@meMiner]

Better than a house full of cats. LOL

[@austincook4819]

Same here i feel ya

[@prnothall9302]

One day, why not today?.

[@annbiedenbender2868]

I always have pretty bright shiny little creek stones in my pockets, purse laundry, falling out and under my hubby's feet lol. And buckets of big stones, fossils, holy stones and quartz boulders. I'm always looking down and if not that then looking at what others have thrown away I found big flat screen TV, cellphones and working coffee pot in box with instructions in the garbage today so many people have no idea of the precious metals they are throwing away. I gotta say my husband isn't liking the addition of stepping on loose screws from my scrapping as well as pointy pebbles. He always looks at my pretty rocks and trash treasures with out to much head shaking tho so I feel pretty lucky. Great video!

[@howtoguroo2686]

CRAZY ROCK LADY , DID YOU KNOW THAT THE ROCKS ARE BODY PARTS FROM PEOPLE AND ANIMALS BEFORE THE FLOOD ?

[@awhite3747]

*This* is what the internet is for - absolute passion passed on. Great stuff, really. 🇬🇧

[@maxamedaxmed5558]

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[@maxamedaxmed5558]

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[@jermarcuswebster2803]

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[@lordsoar9720]

Your desire for exploration and discovery is to be admired,patience for the win.

[@meMiner]

Thanks for the nice comment

[@aidanforrest5957]

This is the coolest thing I've seen! I am dissolving sand in vinegar right now to make a mineral slurry for my garden. As the vinegar evaporates it gets stronger. I'm going to try this! Bravo for innovating with a low tech cheap process and for sharing.

[@TheGodofstone1]

Its like Christmas 365 days a year when im totally emerged into digging sifting through streams and river shores. Nice video

[@meMiner]

A plethora of presents? Nice comment. I am the same. A day rockhounding just flys by.

[@joepapp01]

What do you do with your finds? Display them? Give them away? Sell or trade? Just curious

[@exidy-yt]

This is something I have never heard of or seen really, even though I used to collect and tumble rocks when I was a kid. Admittedly it was a phase that didn't last long, but seeing what kind of beauty can lay inside certain stones and revealed with mere vinegar is astounding! I'm glad I clicked on the sidebar, it rarely lets me down. Time to binge! And while I am out tomorow, I'll start keeping my eyes out for rocks with potential and get some rotgut vinegar!

[@ABWeaver]

I wish I had the love for rocks and minerals years ago like I do now. Not just those but just about anything found in the wilderness. I'm so frigging crazy for the hunt that I found myself hunting around in the parking lot of a 24 hr walmart store. I found a big 14 ct. Hoop earring that had been run over many times. It paid for most of my food that day. I have rocks that I fished out of a lime rock quarry in Central Florida. I use vinegar to dissolve The Lime Rock to find fossils inside. Vinegar is a great thing.

[@meMiner]

The best time to plant a tree is years ago or today....I have also look at rock in crazy locations. Last weekend, I checked out limestone landscaping rocks while visiting a hospital. There were some nice little vugs with calcite and fluorite crystals and some fossils. It would have been bad form to start hacking away at them. LOL

[@zenseed75]

tess99991 glad I'm not the only one who does these things. Ive found some beauties on freshly laid gravel roads at music festivals.

[@ABWeaver]

Bernie Cat Yes! I sat down on the bank of the Suwannee River in Florida one time. I looked to my left and they were some black rocks in the mud. I just started flicking it one with my finger not thinking anything and I pulled out a beautiful black Arrowhead.

[@meMiner]

Nice find! I used to hunt for arrowheads in plowed fields, but mostly I got chips or broken points.

[@meMiner]

Collecting rocks at a rock concert. Love it. Also, I bet one could find some interesting dropped rock or crystal after a good music festival. LOL I had to say it before someone else....

[@Debbie4729]

It is so cool to be able to define rocks with ordinary vinegar.I have been doing it to some mystery rocks,and it clears up a few mysteries!

[@83KJack]

Yeah im about to try this. I got tons of projects in mind. Been looking for a way to dissolve rock for a while. I think this is gonna be it. Really excited to try this. If it's successful i got a HUGE raw, uncut agatized Withlacoochee River coral head i may do this to. With good results, may have a $1,200 piece on my hands. I got loads of huge heads i can play with actually. This'll be fun 😁

[@katimakelly]

Rocks can tell a story about soils, water and the environment! Thanks for the video ! I will have to try this !

[@Louisianadenise]

The passion for rocks is real . Your material is very helpful for everyone thanks

[@meMiner]

It's my pleasure

[@danielscottburke]

Thank you for sharing. I am etching with my daughters and it's a great experience to teach them, tied in with e-commerce. Patience and determination. Your videos inspire me to take time out to appreciate life. What's before you every day that you choose to see or not see. 🙂

[@meMiner]

Good luck with your projects. Sometimes there are some great crystals hiding inside.

[@savagesquirrel9828]

Thank you for saying how long you gave it. Very helpful!

[@amy8460]

Good to know to use vinegar to disolve rocks. Those are nice finds. I used to be interested in geology and collect when I was young, I think that interest is coming back.

[@acecombatmerc]

I'm so glad I saw this video. I got access to all sorts of rock that's going in vinegar tomorrow.

[@jesselynn]

You should have the before and after photos side by side on all your stuff. SO awesome!

[@jackiecarter7815]

Awesome. I finally got to see what my rocks look like. Thanks for the cleaning tip I appreciate you. I have the coolest big rocks that I dug up out of the Navada desert by myself. God bless you and your rocks are beautiful.

[@meMiner]

Rock on!

[@eternaloblivion3023]

I think the cloudy white crystal part inside the big rock is the best looking. :)

[@R.M.MacFru]

That would be the calcite, and I was feeling the same way. I would have rather split the rock than dissolve it like that.

[@emiliet.1630]

Say.. if there happened to be a large 24 ton limestone rock buried in a Spanish desert, how much gallons of vinegar would be needed to dissolve it?

[@meMiner]

LOL

[@cactiman6593]

20 million gallons

[@sushmanamdev797]

We have stones

[@gensherman2984]

Okay sure. How much limestone does one gallon dissolve. Easy math, but a heck of a project.

[@allysloper1882]

I have the correct sollution to this, the answer is.......A lot.

[@jadehunter6278]

Remarkable is an understatement by far! Went from a bad-ass rock to a fabulous gift from the Earth!!

[@katvos]

It's like listening to the Bob Ross of rocks! Thank you for the lovely video.

[@meMiner]

I have heard that Bob Ross thing before and still don't know if it is a good or bad comment. hahaha

[@katvos]

@@meMiner from me, it's a good thing!

[@tommyd.743]

The last one (with the pyrite) is a great display specimen.

[@ritadoucet-canada8480]

Loved the look of the last rock, never thought of using vinegar I have tried lemons that have sat for a week and then used their juice it dissolves and cleans the way I want to as I like the looks of my rocks from when I pick them up. lol

[@marchhare9440]

I'm going to try this on a bunch of rocks that I have just to see what's inside, thanks!

[@rachelgilders130]

I’ve just come back from holiday in Cornwall with a rock or two - the best is a it’s a creamy coloured rock looks like a cloud with pale green inside with rusty veins. I love it, I can just sit looking at it and seeing so many shapes and patterns, it’s incredibly beautiful.

[@meMiner]

sweet

[@zenseed75]

The 2nd one is gorgeous. Love them both. Never knew you could do this. :D

[@PleaseForgiveYourself]

@⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ lol WAT?

[@renee8498]

Wow! Thanks for sharing! I just found a rock on a river bank this weekend that appears to be limestone with calcite cross cutting and I'm going to try this!

[@Rob88]

You can sometimes find glacial vinegar in stores, much higher acidity and still cheap and relatively safe. Cool project. Also freeze distiling can easily up your acidity as well.

[@meMiner]

Great advice. Thanks

[@jessewilson6668]

What do you mean by frez distiling?

[@Rob88]

@@jessewilson6668 it's correctly called "fractional freezing" but commonly known as freeze distilling. It will raise the acidity of vinegar by removing some of the water through freezing. The acidic vinegar has a lower freezing temperature than water. This link explains the very easy process. homesteady.com/12283339/how-to-perform-freeze-distillation

[@nhihoai4584]

Vip ❤

[@PerryArt420]

What a beautiful specimen. The second one is very cool

[@wizbangIWD]

It's amazing what common vinegar can do besides making great pickles :D

[@meMiner]

Sure. It is also great to kill ants or clean the toilet. LOL

[@hellbilly1373]

wizbangIWD - it will also remove rust in a mix of half water, half vinegar. The water keeps it from pitting the metal.

[@wizbangIWD]

When I drove for Pony Express years ago, they used to put vinegar in water tanks of the vans that were used for cleaning the window. it cleaned the windows great but it didn't take long ( 2 days to be exact ) for all the drivers to start complaining about the overwhelming smell of vinegar. so they finally stopped adding it !

[@meMiner]

That is pretty funny. Pony Express trucks that smell like a school cafeteria on french fry day.

[@wizbangIWD]

We may have delivered food to schools Tess, we delivered a kinds of trash ! LOL

[@lindaboone2051]

I have loved rock hunting since I was a little girl and still love it. That's my hobby that I love doing 😊

[@scotiancoast3648]

That's not fools gold that's my...my precious.

[@gensherman2984]

Scotian Coast Ok Cheney. LOL

[@carlhulme8487]

Thanks for the info. Many years ago whilst holidaying in Wales. I was beach combing and found a large (about a kilo in weight) quarts rock. This has a sliver of pyrite showing on one side. The rock has for the last 30yrs or so been in the back garden somewhere. So now I will hunt and find this and copy your methods. See what it holds. If anything I will definitely post. Cheers.

[@meMiner]

Always fun to try. Would be easier to etch if it is calcite. If it is really quartz, then vinegar or HCL won't affect it. Good luck!

[@AssA9Ash]

ohhhh thank you!! I've been prospecting around my area and i have several rocks with beautiful clear or black or green or blue minerals but didn't know what to do. So all i did was try to clean beat i could with water and brush. this is much better thank you thank you!

[@meMiner]

For sure it is an option. If the minerals are solid, you can also consider slicing and polishing. I will show that soon in a video as soon as I put a new blade on my tile saw.

[@AssA9Ash]

tess99991 awesome! I look forward to it!

[@AssA9Ash]

tess99991 crap you gotta excuse me. I literally just learned where to go for notifications . Dang. Ill skim through the videos. I watch so many documentaries, i get caught up and away with them i lose time and forget my prospecting videos, lll pay more attention from now on lthough lol & thanks for responding and the videos

[@suenetteedwards5965]

Ash.Asher. Yeah, I can do the same. Sometimes the internet will swoop you off your path. I just try not to let it take,me to dark places.

[@williamreilly3172]

@@meMiner #geterdone ~~~

[@jak3589]

That was a great experiment with fabulous results. Thank you.

[@Just_another_shadow]

I have been an overly enthusiastic geoscience lover since i was a child, i love seeing stuff like this! So thank you for sharing, it turned out WAY TOOOO FREAKIN COOL! :) ... Could you share the rough location of your finds? And never stop making videos like this lol

[@MichaelAGodley]

both are a treasure, the bug one without calcite around time 3:43 is a valuable treasure I see something good. 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💎

[@pyrettablaze0414]

Wow! So cool! Your like the Bob Ross of nature’s little secrets! Those are happy Little Rock’s! ROCK ON ! 🤘🏼😝🤘🏼

[@jessicamccabe144]

So refreshing to know there are others in the world that are obsessed with rocks too... I kid you not, I convinced my husband to get a pickup just so I could bring home my treasures 😅. Great video. Very interesting, thanks! I’d love to learn more.

[@meMiner]

My truck is mostly for firewood and rocks. ;-)

[@brendametube]

@@meMiner I love this little conversation 😊🪨🖤🤍🤎💛

[@GIJoe-nk2pt]

I literally just started rock hounding three days ago and I’m addicted!

[@meMiner]

Enjoy!

[@SandraBarbour-e7c]

I'm a 3 week addict.

[@domomitsune5920]

I am guilty of rockhounding hoarding interesting rocks. I usually find the ones that have green or some blue on them, and expose them to vinegar. I just love the dark blue peacock ore looking oxide that forms on them. After I'm done with the Rock's I just put in my backyard in my custom Rock Garden. I just love how the weathering changes the rocks. They become way more colorful overtime or darker in appearance.

[@Automedon2]

That is gorgeous. Glad I stumbled on this random video.

[@mariawyatt628]

Ditto

[@gabrielaeperez6873]

Me too it was meant.

[@TheSilmarillian]

Thanks for the upload am an opal miner here at Lightning Ridge NSW Australia but I do a lot of traveling and am always picking up rocks never thought of using vinegar

[@_oddfuture_1822]

I have a rock with a plant inside you can see I found when walking home from school it’s pretty cool looking

[@carolirene49]

Wow! Who knew?! I brought home rocks yesterday and can't wait to do your method to and see their transformation 😁😀

[@meMiner]

Have fun!

[@moontinkleproductions23]

This is soooooo ccoooooollll!!! Just what I need though, another hobby! Can't wait to try it this summer. Mwaaahaaahaahaaahaaa!

[@bhitt3515]

Wow i really enjoyed that...brought back childhood memories

[@ngobithe]

I enjoyed this presentation. Thank you for showing your experience about stones.

[@tzisorey]

You know, there's programs you can get that let you import a series of pictures of an object, to generate a 3D model of it. It'd be fascinating to see an animated 3D model of the rocks dissolving like that.

[@meMiner]

I have not tried any but know there are a number of programs which are free and better ones if you are willing to pay. Google '3d image maker".

[@MrFmiller]

I've used cleaning vinegar to dissolve calcite in rocks for years. I enjoy the natural patterns it produces from exposing the silicate and various mineral interfaces. I have a large collection of small stines (

[@meMiner]

I am your first sub. ;-)

[@tracyboudreau4266]

I surely would love to see what you are describing, I'm a newly born again rockhound and a resin artist.

[@richardwarnock2789]

That's pretty cool looking!!!

[@meMiner]

Thanks!

[@PrismSoul]

So cool! Thanx for sharing your video. I have a big rock my Aunt brought me that she dug up from the side of an embankment at some Texas Lake. Hoping I can discover what all it holds in & around it. It looks like Crystal quartz to me. Gonna try this vinegar solution to clean it up, just not gonna leave mine as long. Maybe 3 days Max!

[@meMiner]

FYI - vinegar and HCL won't affect quartz. You can tell quartz vs calcite because calcite is softer and will scratch with a knife.

[@jamesball7381]

Nice video! Looks like Chalcopyrite, pyrite and baryte in the calcite vein. Weird that there is no galena in there as calcite usually picks that up. Othee specimen looked like molybdenite and epidote (odd combination) have you done a scratch test with your fingernail on the black stuff?

[@CarolynDenison]

Thanks for the post. I was just telling my hubby that I have a rock that looks like it need's to be cleaned real good to get the crap out of one of my crystal . Part of it has yet to let go of what looks to be a bit of red clay on parts of it. If I soak it maybe the orange stuff will come off. I'm cleansing several right now. I'll look a into the soaking tomorrow. Good Night.

[@meMiner]

Good luck with your project. After soaking, try an old toothbrush to remove the clay. If the red is iron oxide, you can try Super Iron Out too.

[@baylorgal96]

That is amazing!! I'm going to buy vinegar today!! Thanks!

[@meMiner]

Good luck.

[@sureelasyed]

I have A Beautiful Multi Colours Rough Stone

[@robertyoung5748]

Thanks for taking the time to do this.

[@mkisner8060]

I love the way the 2nd one looks. Have you ever thought about getting together with another KZbin channel (or maybe you could do it yourself) that works with resins? I bet the 2nd one would look even more amazing if you could figure out a way to fill the negative space inside of it with a colored transparent resin.

[@meMiner]

I have worked with resins before, but not on rocks. It is an interesting thought to turn the rock into a craft. For sure, there would be some negative comments on a video as some people hate when anything is added to a natural rock. LOL

[@mkisner8060]

tess99991 Yeah I figured there would. Was hoping that by only adding resin to the negative space inside, while leaving all the outer surface of the rock natural would be a good middle ground between both sides...

[@grantperkins368]

@@mkisner8060 great idea!

[@melinda5871]

Love your work but what made me want to subcribe is your honesty .....few and far between these days .....and i LOVE that final result ....kudos from Oz

[@meMiner]

I post video when I win or fail. It is all learning and sometimes the fails are the most fun. ;-)

[@VondaInWonderland]

Wow, that's so cool!!! I can't wait to try it ♥

[@roseleelauper514]

The stones turned out great!!! I love doing this too, one of my favorite pastimes. Loved your belly dancer reference being a belly dancer! I always think that too when the jewels come out lol

[@meMiner]

Thank you!! 😊

[@chipeverettlee6692]

Wow that's beautiful man nice job,,, you have a really cool voice 😎

[@meMiner]

Thanks much!

[@LeoTheLoyal]

@meMiner As Chip said “You have a really cool voice” Have you ever considered doing voices for audio books, commercials, dubbed movies, educational videos etc? You have the kind of voice people instinctively trust. Nice video, thanks!

[@CelestialCadences]

The Bob Ross of rocks

[@johndimech8945]

That is awesome. I'm going to have to try this on some of my finds. The 2nd rock is definitely a show piece. I have always assumed that I had quarts. Can't remember if it is the same as Calcite. I will have to do some research and try for myself. Thank you very much for sharing.

[@meMiner]

Calcite is softer than quartz. You can scratch it with a knife.

[@patprop74]

Very interesting I did not know you could dissolve with vinegar ! would muriatic acid work faster ?

[@meMiner]

Muriatic is faster. Vinegar is safer and seems to be less expensive.

[@therrienmichael08]

patprop74 I tried it with hydrogen peroxide but didn't know about vinegar.

[@jamesball7381]

i. CaCO3 + HCl ---> Ca2+ 2Cl- + HCO3- So calcite + hydrochloric acid (or many other types of acid) gives calcium ions and bicarbonate ions. Ca forms an insoluble ion complex woth Chlorine and other common acid anions.

[@bowtoome3289]

I used muriatic acid and it did nothing....but cool if this works

[@jamesball7381]

Bow Toome It should definitely work with muriatic if you are trying to dissolve calcite, or powdered dolomite. We geologists actually carry a small bottle of HCl in the field to conduct tests on minerals. One of the characteristic traits of calcite is that it dissolves and effervesces on contact with muriatic acid. You're either trying to dissolve dolomite, which is CaMg(CO3)2 and only dissolves properly once powdered, or you are using dilute acid instead of conc. Or what you're trying to dissolve may look like calcite when it really is not, e.g. microcrystalline anorthite.

[@jamesbreeden3061]

Thanks, I am going to try this, I have some rocks in the dishwasher that have been getting washed every time I do dishes. The look like some sort of green colored quartz with lines like wood grains running through them. I am collecting rocks for an aquarium.

[@meMiner]

It won't work on quartz but it sounds like you might have marble which would dissolve. Good luck with your project.

[@grantperkins368]

sounds great!

[@Sandyspacecase1]

That is the coolest thing I have ever seen ! I wished I had known about this years ago ! I love rocks and collect them from everywhere. What kind of rocks were those ? Can any type of rock do ? I'm getting out my bucket and vinegar now !! Thank You !

[@meMiner]

There are a number of minerals affected by different kinds of acid and others that are not. The key is to remove what you don't want and keep what you do want (so pick the correct acid). Vinegar works really good for etching calcite and many times there are nice crystals hidden within calcite that remain unaffected. If you google search "mineral solubility table", you can see what acid to use for different minerals.

[@marieg.2472]

Omg!! I love how the rocks turned out! I have so many beautiful rocks. I'm afraid to even try this out lol. But I'm going give it a go. I'm from Massachusetts I have a few that I always thought could be more. I'm glad I found this video

[@meMiner]

It is easier to sacrifice a rock to the acid bath if you have plenty. It feels horrible if you only have one and destroy it. On the other hand, sometimes etching yields such success on an ugly rock that it is is all worth it. Also, it is just fun to see what is inside. Good luck with your project.

[@marieg.2472]

@@meMiner this is true.

[@Miklos82]

Ever thought of using a stronger solution of vinegar? For weed killing purposes, they sell a 20% solution. Common household vinegar is usually only about 5 %. It would be interesting to see what that increased solution would do.

[@meMiner]

It would be a good idea, but more expensive. If speed is needed, muriatic is another alternative. I will be getting out for more rock and hopefully some interesting ones later in Oct. More to play with...

[@Miklos82]

Interesting thought. I'm not familiar with muriatic acid. I 'm afraid it might be too strong and will harm the soil. I live in South Texas where the typical new house lawns are merely sod over 'builders soil' ie poor quality dirt, rocks and the trash the builder has buried. I've tried adding truckloads of compost on top of my lawn with little success. I guess the expensive and labor intensive method is to till truckloads of organic matter into the lawn. I'm trying to bore holes at random thru out the yard, filling them with organic matter-coffee grounds are a favorite as they tend to discourage Texas fire ants.

[@IMOLDIN]

starman1968ful The same thing but quicker lol

[@meMiner]

The best compost is dead leaves. People here throw them out in their garbage. As for muriatic, it is as effective as RoundUp, so not a good idea if you want to keep your plants.

[@Imageartsc]

Do you change the vinigar out daily?

[@bjellison905]

I was a coal miner and I wish I had hung onto a lot of the finds I had. We would hit veins of pyrite had several cubes of it thrown away a few crystals fossils galore. I've seen petrified forests in the top

[@nak8490]

Does Pyrite turn reddish the more iron it contains than sulphur? I'm guessing the black mineral might be magnetite.

[@meMiner]

Considering where the rock was collected (old iron mine), magnetite is a good guess. Pyrite can be reddish and looks brown in the shade.

[@johnsmiht7776]

Magnetite might be detectable with a compass?

[@bharathprasanth3250]

could the black mineral be biotite??

[@marklewis4793]

it's beautiful,protect your place,..do not sell your earth.@Trely Agguran

[@ritaperez3648]

Wolframite

[@star.girl77]

This is so cool looking! I just got a bunch of white quartz looking rocks and can’t wait to try this!

[@meMiner]

Won't work on quartz. If you really have calcite, have at it. ;-)

[@maryriley6163]

Wow, I didn't know that could be done. Interesting!

[@gabrielaeperez6873]

They came out beautiful keep up the good work. Rock on!

[@meMiner]

Thanks Gabriela. Love your name. When I was 15 I had a crush on a girl with the same name. Never told her. ;-)

[@gabrielaeperez6873]

@@meMiner Well meMiner thanks that you love my name. Funny when I was in grade school the boys would tease me about my name. Yes it was a same you never told her. What state do you live in?

[@neptuneP2V7]

Hot vinegar is more kick solution & don't wait 2 days

[@oldbearhair2423]

Ditto

[@cjschenck8453]

neptuneP2V7 ++

[@GeorgeLaFavor]

Thank you for sharing. I'm new to this and never heard of disolving parts before. Anyway, that second one is beautiful!

[@meMiner]

Glad it was helpful!

[@IAA015]

Can you use Muriatic acid to clean flourite crystals or does it harm them? I have my first specimen of purple flourite that I found, but it seems there's some calcite mixed in with iron oxide, and I'd like to remove that!

[@meMiner]

Fluorite is soluable in HCL. ie. muriatic will destroy it. Only method that I know to extract fluorite from calcite is mechanically...maybe a dremel?

[@anitamitchell3452]

Can't wait to try this on my found rocks. Thanks for the information.

[@meMiner]

It is a fun thing to do with the right rocks. Good luck with your project

[@powellriver100]

Exelent and informative video!

[@cleo6205]

I love rocks. Every rock is precious to me.

[@deoxyribonucleic_acid]

Neat bro I like crystals I got 16 different types of crystals

[@johnroberts9560]

Wow that's a beautiful specimen of a rock ! 👍😃

[@GabrielleEther]

Omg i love pyrite n I think if i dissolved a rock and it turned into pyrite that would make my day even year lol..but there are rocks right down the road by this railroad n river that look just like your rocks. When i was little i would think they were remarkable but everyone told me they were just rocks . now i believe in healing benefits of crystals so i wonder if i try to dissolve any of those rocks would they have anything in them. I live in Alabama.

[@meMiner]

It is just me, but I don't waste acid on rocks unless they are showing a hint of something on the outside.

[@GabrielleEther]

tess99991 ok thank you. I've watched more of your videos and i realized that. Lol..so I'm going to go try to look. I remember seeing what looked like pyrite and green pieces on some of them so I'll see. Thank you

[@meMiner]

It is always fun to try. Of course, more fun if a nice crystal appears. I with you the best of luck.

[@meMiner]

wish,, not with....

[@sallycarroll950]

instead in believing in the power of stones etc. try HE who created those stones. I mean HE is that powerful to make the things you love HE still loves you more. try HIM or HIS beloved SON our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST, you will be amazed.

[@havenlew]

Dude that Pyrite came out beautifully!

[@pamelacorona3665]

I have no idea what I just witnessed but that was cool. Can you do this with any rock ?

[@meMiner]

The rock needs to contain minerals that are affected by the acid plus minerals which are not. Very common is dolomite or calcite, which will readily etch in vinegar or muriatic acid (but not quartz). It is fun to try.

[@pamelacorona3665]

tess99991 Thank You : )

[@haseo8244]

Limestone.

[@dallaswoiken7533]

Me 2

[@SaraSyverson]

tess99991 why not quartz?

[@heihat1224]

Omg...thank you...that was so educational...i have been rock obsessed most of my life..but only recently began to do some serious rock hounding and im trying to learn as much as i can

[@meMiner]

Have fun rockhounding Heidi!

[@melodycline9264]

1987, brought stone poop back to life with 93% baking soda + odor= burnt electric

[@johannasadventures3467]

What is odor?

[@eng.yousif1]

You made a stone life? I don't get it.

[@bodystomp5302]

I took a dump in 1987.

[@julieewing5394]

You know, I have a rock like this as I said & the crystal row is just like this but it's more quartz I think, but they're about a pea in size or a tad larger & smaller in size as the row goes along. I am so curious to see what it will look like. I do truly appreciate your video because I was thinking to myself how in the heck am I gonna get these Crystal's out or expose them so they're appreciated, but now I'll do what you've shown & I couldnt be more grateful!. I have quite a few rocks I was stumped on how to show off the hidden parts. 😊thanks again!

[@meMiner]

Let me know how it goes. However, please be aware that muriatic acid or vinegar won't affect quartz. Hope there is something in your rock that will be affected that you want removed.

[@julieewing5394]

@@meMiner yes, I'm sorry, I misspoke. The crystal layers within the rock are quartz.. what is outside of it I'm not to sure. It looks a lot like the outer dark part of yours . But, then again if it won't resolve anything then welp, that's just ther way it goes. 😉😊 . I'm in tucson az, home of the huge gem & mineral show (that I'm ashamed to say I missed this year). But, will be going to next year for sure!!.I'd love to find something like what you have here in nature tho. Who knows, maybe I've got something similar inside this one here.. but, your rock sure turned out wonderful, it's amazing actually!! I love it 😃

[@meMiner]

My wife so much wanted to go to that show. Maybe next year.

[@sjnpotter3540]

This is fascinating! What do you do with these when you've finished using the vinegar?

[@Haru-pp6ml]

You can See what another Minerals or Fossils are inside or If you See a fossil in limestone And you dont want to breake the fossil

[@carrielopez6548]

Awesome video! The rocks turned out killer!

[@allenchilaxin4322]

I love rocks, I save as many as I can

[@meMiner]

Than I am sure you garden looks like mine. Rocks everywhere. LOL

[@Fnberg744]

I basically try to bring the Earth inside my apt. By having as many rocks as I can. Doubles of most. Lol

[@Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot]

Very neat - thank you for sharing, and for having the patience to do this.

[@meMiner]

It was fun. Thanks for the nice comment.

[@xenagirl0]

Jewels of a belly dancer!!

[@tamsiracuse]

Wow! Amazing transformation. My only critique would be that you show a before/after shot of each at the end so we an ooh and ahhh some more. Thank you for this tutorial.

[@meMiner]

I have done that on some of my videos. It would be a good idea to continue the practice. Thanks for the feedback.

[@dalealyea6019]

Good job....btw....No more health issues I hope.

[@meMiner]

Thanks for asking. All is good, regarding the health issues.

[@minnesotamineralclub]

Nicely done video, enjoyed the inside look.

[@KitKat_Studio]

So I have created a rock club at my high school and I so want to try this with them! Any idea where I can go to find calcium rich specimens like this around San Diego?

[@meMiner]

Good for you starting a club! I have not rockhounded in your area. There should be spots to collect as calcite is common. Otherwise, maybe someone else reading this can comment.

[@williamreilly3172]

Yes,,,good for you and the kids at school, kids need better education then just sitting in a class....#getoutside~

[@kristaldwilder]

Rivers creeks and caves

[@StereoSpace]

Awesome experiment. I love the results you got. I may have to try that.

[@meMiner]

It works well if you have patience.

[@wsearp]

Hannibal claimed to have cut his roads through the Alps using vinegar on the rocks....

[@meMiner]

Yeah. No. LOL

[@billtoenjes955]

A clever early example of disinformation.

[@meMiner]

@@billtoenjes955 Maybe

[@jeffdevine6387]

those would make great specimens after treatment. Interestin and cheap way to get it done. Thanks for the info

[@AdrianoPedrasPreciosas]

MY like 🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒💎💖😁

[@dannyp2058]

Cool video, thanks for uploading!! I love the Pirate, it's fascinated me for many years.

[@robinsalario4372]

what do you do about the smell of vinegar in the stone?

[@meMiner]

Really good question! When one is done etching, it is a good idea to rinse it well or even soak it for a while in water. I like to add some baking soda to ensure the acid is neutralized. It also seems to remove the smell...like it does when used in a fridge.

[@robinsalario4372]

o yes, baking soda sounds logic, thank you> :)