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More Crystals
A month of growing alum crystals, and what looks like a pocket full of diamonds.
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Well it has been almost exactly a month since we started growing the “Alum” crystals, and about two weeks since we harvested the first one – now we have a complete first batch. Looks like someone’s struck it rich with a pocket full of diamonds …
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Let’s go “macro” on the camera and add a little light …
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It is interesting how many different shapes they are taking on.
We decided to continue the experiment and re-doubled the amount of solution in the beaker – then put all the original crystals back in as “seed crystals”. See you near the end of October for what might be the end of the experiment.
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Rachel wanted to see what adding some color would do, so we mixed up some yellow-colored solution (which ended up looking an unfortunate shade of green) with a different chemical mixture. These may develop more quickly, and more dramatically, we’ll let you know
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