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I haven't done this since college, and I remember why I didn't end up pursuing chemistry as a career. I was bad at it. Here, I mistakenly used an excess amount of nitric acid. By a factor of 10. I used 300 mL of nitric for my one ounce of 90% silver (five pre '64 quarters). And I know people may be aghast at using constitutional silver, but I've got about 20 lbs. of these, five won't kill me. And now my reaction has stalled. Liquid is blue with a slight tint of green, as it should be. Reaction is on a hot plate with a stir bar. I had the brownish gas and bubbling for a while, but now nothing. My quarters are not fully dissolved; what is my best course of action?