I have a couple of simple questions about Mimosa. I've always used powdered ACRB for extractions, but I recently came across a source for reasonably priced shredded "mimosa". I took a gamble, and procured some. The bark appears to have some dark "inner" bark, and has a deep red, and possibly purple color. It had a unique scent that I would not attribute to the ACRB that I've received in the past. I've done 1 test extraction so far, and I'm getting a really low yield (.3%) of very white crystals, and a few bright yellow clumps.

The quality of the crystals does not appear like what I normally extract on the first run, so it leads me to believe that it might be mimosa bark, not root bark,low quality bark, or possibly not even mimosa. However, I noticed another strange thing about the color of the initial vinegar soaks. I added vinegar and blended the bark, it foamed up, and it definitely had a light purple hue, but it also might have been kind of pink. Once the mixture was heated, the liquid became a very dark red/puple, almost black color. The ACRB that I've processed in the past also has a red color, but it was lighter color.

This leads me to believe that it might actually be ACRB. I've searched the web for Mimosa being used a dye, and I only found one picture on google with a deep indistinguishable purple color. Can anyone share a picture of a mimosa acid soak, so I can compare? I'm also curious why the vinegar foamed up when the mixture was blended. Is this a normal reaction when you are working with shredded bark?

Hello all,

I've been following Earthwalkers 100g ACRB extraction.

I've just finished my 3rd extraction and only yielded .23g of product. It's very white and fluffy and the amount looks a lot more than .23g

I have a question after pulling the Naphtha from the basic soup and placing it into water with white distilled vinegar.

The tek says to gently rock or swirl the bottle so the DMT in the Naphtha transfers to the acidic water.

Why swirl and gently rock? Why not turn the bottle end over end so the Naphtha has to work its way through the acidic water and separate? If I do this will I run into problems?

I'm a little worried that I'm leaving DMT trapped in the Naphtha.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Max Ion Tek performed. Pulled with naptha x3, but after the 3rd pull there were some crystal-like solids forming btwn layers. Decided to pull as much naptha as possible, then moved on to tolul, thinking maybe the tol would dissolve the xtals, but with no luck.

I'm wondering if anybody would be able direct a person to the proper tek to address the creation of solids between the base MHRB layer and the NPS layer... I thought it was just taking a long time for the NPH to separate from the base layer, but after leaving it overnight the solids continue to accumulate between the layers. Is this Xtals or impurities or something else?

I added a bit more of hot NPS to the layer to try to dissolve whatever that stuff is but it didn't seem to work. I'm working with about 2L of base to apprx 2-ml of NPS. I've tried to pull the white x-tal looking solids but they are impossible to pull without catching some of the base solution.

Any help or suggestions would be Appreciated. We really like the full-spectrum stuff, so the less I have to "clean" the better (as I understand, cleaning decreases yield and removes other active alks. -> Plz correct me if I'm wrong...)

Thanks folks in advance for the help!

Very hard to tell with the pic quality but looks a lot like a fat layer, I'm pretty sure if it was DMT it would've dissolved in the warm solvents.

::Edit:: It's not soap. It appears to be a chalky salt from the fumarate reaction directly added to the lye.