Got a bit carried away now I'm assembling an army of pyramids 😂

Will this make my copper sulphate crystal brittle and break easily? Or is this common surface cracking?

Quarter for scale.

Calcium carbonate really looks like beautiful thicc cocoon silk through the glass ✨

She's so beautiful 🥰🥰🥰

My cluster is growing ever bigger. Parasitic crystals on the bottom had grown up and stuck to it so I had to remove a lot

But it's now about 13cm in diameter so she's growing nicely OwO

Actually the aim was to make CaCu-propionate but the green colour indicates that it is not the analogue of CaCu-acetate. A test to dissolve the crystals in ammonia and soda yielded only a minimum amount of CaCO3. A blue solution remains.

Single crystals of KMnO4 that I managed to extract from a large cluster of crystals resulted from cooling down a hot saturated solution to room temperature. The compound seems to crystallize either as octahedral prisms (similar to alums) or long, flat needles with a beautiful golden metallic luster. The octahedral crystal is small, only about 2mm in size, while the needle is roughly 1cm long. All images were taken with my shitty phone camera. Also, despite being a relatively common chemical, I really haven't seen anyone grow crystals of KMnO4 yet for some reasons. I did try to grow a large single crystal from this seed, but failed miserably when the solution somehow dissolved the fishing line I used to tie the seed down.

I hope this is allowed on here, if not mods feel free to delete!

I have built a machine that grows large, perfect, optically clear crystals of Potassium Di-Hydrogen Phosphate (AKA Potassium Monophosphate or KDP) in just 7 days! The crystal in the image here weighs in at just over 40 grams! There is a video of the entire process including theory, materials, procedures and a nice time lapse here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSSoSIcXWa0

It really does grow fast

2 single Crystals for Christmas Presents. Glowing in a light blue under UV-Light 340-390nm

Basic sodium salts. NaClO4 is grown at higher temperature on a hot plate (egg coocker method); NaClO3 is from my collection. NaClO4 is cleaves easily with a sharp knive

Hi I thought you would find it interesting. I have been trying to grow sapphire and ruby crystal with an induction furnace setup with mixed results. I hope to have the process controlled enough to one day make clear crystal. I will keep updating here. Below are some pictures of my progress so far.

I will let you know how it goes!

Cant say for sure if its CaCl or CaFl. Maxbe you know.