Summary for titanium coating druzy quartz Discussion
Titanium coating druzy quartz is the question, but the only answer in the thread does not explain the coating process. William H. Bunce, a silversmith, asks how druzy quartz from South America is coated with titanium to make jewelry. Dr. Thomas H. Cook replies that he has cut geodes in half and soaked them in a 50/50 hydrochloric acid solution to dissolve calcite and leave attractive crystals behind, but he says plainly that he does not know how to titanium plate them. So the practical takeaway is limited: acid cleaning may help prepare geode crystals, but the thread does not provide a method for titanium coating druzy quartz. No conflicting methods are offered, only an admission that the key process remains unanswered.
Q. Hell,
The inside of a geode is lined with crystals. A very small section is fine quartz.This is called druzy quartz.I buy druzy from a fellow in South America.I would like to know or find out how you coat the druzy quartz with titanium which makes lovely jewelery.
Thanks for any info you could give me.
Thank You.
William H Bunce
silversmith – Ocala, Fla, USA
February 8, 2010
February 9, 2010
A. Sir:
I have cut some geodes in half and then put them into a bucket of 50/50 HCl (muratic acid). This dissolves out the calcite leaving some very nice crystals behind to work with. I do not know how to do titanium plate.
Regards,
Dr. Thomas H. Cook
Galvanizing Consultant – Hot Springs, South Dakota, USA