mesc sulfate crystals, 400x mag.

[benzyme]

sorry for the poor res, it was taken with a cheap Celestron usb microscope
but it's about 99% pure.

 

[benzyme]

came from this pull

 

[camakazi]

ooft!... they look amazing benzyme.

How did you achieve 99 percent purity?

 

[benzyme]

thanks
vac filtration of an acetone/water crashout (freeze precip), further rinsed with pet ether

 

[camakazi]

nice!
what was the source for the mesc?

This will be the next step for me, these lovely crystals and a friends tales of his experiences have urged me on to do some cacti work.. finally!

 

[benzyme]

it was sp powder a friend got from compras peru

 

[camakazi]

would you say torch is the way to go then?... also, what was the weight of that yield you have there?

 

[benzyme]

never messed with torch, so i don't know.

610 mg in the weighing tray

 

[Phlux-]

mesc sulphate has the prettiest xtals but iv always avoided it for some unconfirmed health concern about suphates.
benzy - how do u find m sulphate

 

[Adivino]

I don't think that ingesting mescaline.sulfate would be a health risk, at least at this level. San Pellegrino water has a sulfate concentration of 459mg/l (San Pellegrino - Wikipedia).

 

[Infundibulum]

mesc sulphate has the prettiest xtals but iv always avoided it for some unconfirmed health concern about suphates.
benzy - how do u find m sulphate

Yeah, what's that with the sulfate health problems?

Who started this rumour? Both magnesium sulphate and heparan sulphate can be used as health supplements on daily basis. Or it relates to the difficultly of obtaining food grade sulphuric acid (for those who like to go food-grade all the way?)

 

[corridors of my cells]

benzy good work man. they look so nice. I wouldnt dare eatin them. I presume u gonna put them in some casing and watch them every morning u wake up ... congrats my friend

 

[Phlux-]

whats food grade sulphuric acid ? sulphuric acid u can drink or add to ur food ?
also what the hell is food grade acetone supposed to mean ?

 

[benzyme]

food-grade phosgene.

the grackle will eat the m sulfate when he has time, maybe labor day

 

[endlessness]

As for acetone, you do know it is present naturally in small amounts in fruits and so on, right? But when one buys it in industrial grade (or general unguaranteed hardware store acetone), it could very well have some heavy metal or other contaminants (maybe in some cases not, or maybe too little to have any negative health repercussion, but there is the possibility, which some people dont want to risk)

I usually get USP grade acetone, which is basically what one could call food-grade. Its significantly more expensive than normal acetone but I feel its worth it because often enough depending on what process im doing, acetone is the last product to 'touch' my final product, so considering I am putting it inside of my body, I rather make sure that any small amounts of impurities present will be benign

 

[benzyme]

I usually get USP grade acetone, which is basically what one could call food-grade.

^^

this

n00bs and chemically-challenged take note: it's called USP-grade.

 

[w0mbat]

I usually get USP grade acetone, which is basically what one could call food-grade.

^^

this

n00bs and chemically-challenged take note: it's called USP-grade.

ACS grade is just as good, right?

 

[benzyme]

ACS-grade is for those who aren't scared of chemicals; typically higher purity than USP-grade and tech-grade. it's what's generally referred to as "lab-grade".

if one seeks ACS-grade, it's because one will settle for nothing less than 99.8% pure chemicals.

 

[dg]

neat! so how long would you say the crystals were pre-magnification

 

[benzyme]

maybe 200-500 um (they were broken up with a microspatula). they're really tiny