Crystals in lye/MHRB solution?

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Hello,

First of all I have used this tek:

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AFOAF sent me these pics and instructions. Please follow precisely for success: Take 1 qt. Ball jar, add 600cc's cool, DISTILLED water. SLOWLY add 100 grams 100% NaOH while gently stirring

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750 ml water
100 gr MHRB powder
100 gr NaOH

I notice some crystal-like stuff sitting in the solution. Does anyone know what this is? freebase DMT, plant material, something else?

Some pictures:

 

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are they truly crystals? if so i dont think ive ever seen this problem before and if they are i would like to have a more detailed description of what you did - im thinking new tek found by mistake?

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on the other hand its most likley not true crystals and that would lead me to believe that something was up with your mhrb


how finley powdered was your mhrb?
was it still a bit chunky or a dirt texture? if so that may be plant matter or a distributor mixing in miscelanious plant matter to increase weight and profits

was it fine perfect smooth powder like dust or baby powder? if so i dont see any logical reason why it would form chunks like that - unless it was extremely cold it might be small ice crystals although i tend to doubt that water containing so much sodium could freeze unless it was kept in a very cold freezer

if the solution in the pic was just mixed together for a few minutes.. it may just need to be mixed a little more to break up the clumps of mhrb

at any rate if its been in a base solution for a while throw some solvent into your flask and try to pull some spice out evaporate a small ammount of solvent - just enough to get a very small ammount of spice

take a (or some) small clean crystal (preferably a white one) you just got from evap and press it onto the bulb of a thermometer and carefully rub the bottom side of the thermo on your pant leg to create friction - watch the crystals on the top side when you see them "start to melt" quicky look at the temp on the thermometer it will aloways melt between 100-115f if it melts too low or too high it is not dmt and you have just been screwed by a distributor trying to make an easy dollar

if the crystal melts at an ideal temp its more than likley it was powdered poorly by the company who sold it which makes almost no difference really if your still pulling good yeilds from the product