My new $25 toy from Amazon...very excited.
I also like pi
and pie
and I tend to be irrational 

I didn't have any until now.     What are you thinking?

The light shouldn't be stong enough to do any damage, that being said I wouldn't stare into or anything.   

Bab's textile spot removing gun...

Has anyone else tried using one of these babies for cleaning specimens?   Wow!

I got mine on eBay for 50 bucks new and man does it work.  Just be very careful to protect your eyes and keep the gun a foot or so away from the specimen initially and never ever let it come close to your skin.  It will cut to the bone. Let me know if you have trouble finding it and I will send you the item number.

Here is what John Betts (editor of Rock & Gem Magazine) had to say about it:

"Similar to a sand blaster, the water gun is used in the dry cleaning industry as a stain remover (they blast cleaning agent right through the fabric). The Krebs 5000 cost $350.00 and is available from Aurora Mineral Corp. at 516-623-3800.
The action is a combination of sandblasting and ultrasonic. The gun creates a fine, high powered jet of water that will loosen most clays or dirt. It is very forceful though and not suitable for delicate minerals. The advantage is that you can put solutions other than water in the gun. In theory you could shoot oxalic acid through it. But since oxalic acid requires time to work the value is questionable. And remember the toxicity of oxalic acid, the last thing you should do is create a fine mist of oxalic acid that you could accidentally breathe.
A simpler and cheaper alternative to the water gun is to take your minerals to a do-it-yourself car wash. Lay out all of your minerals and for $1.75 in quarters you can blast away almost anything with the water gun can, plus you can get a hot wax at the same time."