psychosisdoses, I highly doubt that 20g of contamination got in the naphtha...it's just not realistic.
It obviously was not N-oxide because it was originally pulled with naphtha, and the oxide is extremly insoluable in naphtha.
Most likely what happened is that when attempting to redissolve the entire mess not enough naphtha was used, and even though it was hot, it was supersaturated...more naphtha was needed to dissolve it all.
I still suggest continuing to heat up naphtha and dissolve that chunk of goop (which is probably highly active by itself).
My first real extration was with 1/2kilo of bark, and it turned out just fine...so while I agree that a smaller test run is helpful, it is not necessary. ALL of the spice is recoverable, nothing is lost as long as nothing is tossed. In fact, I would go back and pull some more from the basified jug of mimosa. Leave 200ml of naphtha in there for a week and see how much MORE spice comes out.
It obviously was not N-oxide because it was originally pulled with naphtha, and the oxide is extremly insoluable in naphtha.
Most likely what happened is that when attempting to redissolve the entire mess not enough naphtha was used, and even though it was hot, it was supersaturated...more naphtha was needed to dissolve it all.
I still suggest continuing to heat up naphtha and dissolve that chunk of goop (which is probably highly active by itself).
My first real extration was with 1/2kilo of bark, and it turned out just fine...so while I agree that a smaller test run is helpful, it is not necessary. ALL of the spice is recoverable, nothing is lost as long as nothing is tossed. In fact, I would go back and pull some more from the basified jug of mimosa. Leave 200ml of naphtha in there for a week and see how much MORE spice comes out.