Marble Acid Test

Powdered marble reacts with hydrochloric acid to release bubbles of carbon dioxide gas.

Marble acid test.

The marble performed surprisingly well regardless of sealing. Wipe all acid off the rock sample with a paper towel. What is the acid test in geology. Bits of calcite from a geode bubble.

Limestone dolostone and marble. In the petch house acid test greg sealed half of a piece of marble keeping the unsealed side as a control. But the petch house test didn t take into account the messiness that is me in the kitchen. Limestone is composed almost entirely of calcite and will produce a vigorous fizz with a drop of hydrochloric acid.

Dolostone is a rock composed of almost entirely of dolomite. I have a 111 year old marble vanity in the bathroom that is doing great but the bathroom doesn t have red wine and tomato sauce in it. Dolomite from a chip of marble fizzes immediately but gently in a 10 percent hcl solution. If the acid only makes the rock wet wipe the rock with a paper towel and go back to homogeneous looking rocks.

It will produce a very weak fizz when a drop of cold hydrochloric acid is placed upon it a more obvious fizz when powdered dolostone is tested and a stronger fizz when. Some rocks contain carbonate minerals and the acid test can be used to help identify them. You then fill a bowl with water along with a boiling tube and straight after attach the delivery tube at the end of the boiling tube 4. Every serious field geologist carries a small bottle of 10 percent hydrochloric acid to perform this quick field.

He then subjected both sides to tomato sauce limes and red wine. First you measure out 25cm3 of hydrochloric acid 2. The acid test i wanted to seal the marble with something to protect it against some of the nasty elements of the kitchen.