I've had someone tell me that you can grow crystals at home with borax. I'd like to try and I have some borax powder. Is this possible and how do you do it?
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The process relies on the fact that Borax, like many things, is less soluble at lower temperatures in water.\n\nIf you make a saturated solution of Sodium TetraBorate (AKA "borax") using [near] boiling water and then cool the solution down to room temperature, some of the borax will precipitate out.  If you place a "seed' crystal suspended in the solution, it will act as the place where the solid Borax will form as it cools, producing some rather nice crystals.\n\nA very similar process can be used to make Salt and/or sugar crystals as well.\n\nBy the way, Borax crystals are NOT edible.  Boron (which is contained in Borax) in definatly not something you want to get in your body, it can kill you.
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You can make a crystal by combining diff. elements...\n\ne.g:\ncombining carbon, hydrogen and oxygen will result to glucose molecules which will made up to SUGAR CRYSTALS.\n\nI think these are some of the diff. kinds of crystals...\n\nIceland SPar\nAlbite, orthoclase, pyrite, apophylite, anhydrite, quartz...
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This is usually done by distilling in which you need to use some sort of solvent. Steam distillation is also used where you end with crystals after fast cooling.\n\n Here is a great site that explains alot.\nhttp://www.wsu.edu/~gmhyde/433_web_pages/433Oil-web-pages/essence/essence-oils.html\n\nIt would depend on what you were using the  oil for. You could simply heat it in a bit of water creating a drink or use an oil and make a paste.
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There a boron salt known as borasite, but it's not a gemstone, more of an industrial mineral.\n\nThe gemstone tourmaline is formed from boron as well, but it is one of the few gemstones that Australia is not noted for producing.\n\nOver 90% of the world's opals come from Australia, but I don't know of any varieties of opal that have a name like barrasite.\n\nEmerald is a form of the mineral beryl, and its chemistry is beryllium aluminum silicate.  It is also mined in Australia.\n\nThere is a mining company in Australia called Barra Resources Ltd. and a city called Barra, so it is not outside the realm of possibility that there is indeed a variety of gemstone known as barrasite, I'm just not sure what it is.
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*Padding in for this is not only a fav topic of mine, the name Sorcha brings back fond memories of days gone by on igor* Yeah, Spirit Crafts has a grip on the trade, but that is no suprise...\n\n;c)\n\nFound these...\n\nHow to make your own molds of figures\nhttp://www.smooth-on.com/howtomakemolds.htm\n\nBride and groom\nhttp://www.candlewic.com/Store/category.aspx?q=cPolyurethane,f4\n\nA couple here maybe of use\nhttp://www.discountcandleshop.com/default.php?cPath=78_184\n\nBallerina\nhttp://www.onestopcandle.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=CLMFIG\n\nA couple good ones\nhttp://www.craftcave.com/candle/lfigthumb.shtml\n\nAlso, when I changed the search to "figurine molds" I hit tons of em, you might concider getting a general ceramic mold and modify it for use in making candles.\n\nBlessed be and remember the Rede...
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I did two:\n\n- under what colour of light do plants grow best?\n- what kind of ice melts slowest? (with sugar, salt, vinegar, carbonated water, etc.)
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Its been awhile since i've mucked around with crystal but isn't there a table object that you can put into the report to display 10 rows and 6 cols? you can then just populate this table object with data from your database
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In most states it is perfectly legal to make black powder for your own legitimate use. There are also some good web sites that give recipes for making it. Since we don't know exactly where your from we can't tell you precisely the laws involved. I'll include one of my favorite websites. It should be informative.
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Hello\n\nI hope you are feeling better soon.\n\nIt does not seem to be a major concern.  Just something to note if you are having urine tests while taking.\n\n- (cited below) While crystalluria has been observed in some intravenous rat studies, urinary crystals are not formed in the bladder, being present only after micturition and are not associated with nephrotoxicity. \n\n- (cited below) It is tempting to associate crystals with a risk of urolithiasis, but the majority of patients with a crystalluria do not have and will not develop kidney stones.\n \nGet better soon :-)
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what are you looking for exactly. how to grow it at how . give me some details and iam sure i can help.
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yes please tell me more. I have heard you can do this from home is this true?
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Get an old blender (preferably one you don't plan to use again for food processing).  Set the dial to "powder" and drop in your aluminum bar.  In no time at all, if the blades, motor and glass hold up and your electricity doesn't fail, you will have a delicious glass of powdered aluminum.
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Plaster of Paris and water.  I didn't know that you could make Plaster of Paris at home.  I believe you can purchase it at Home Depot.
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WELL  , HOW  WOULD  I  TAKE  MY  MEDICINES   ?  HOW  WOULD  I  MAKE  MY  DIET  CRYSTAL  LIGHT  DRINKS?  HOW  WOULD  I  COOK?  I AM  A  COFFEE  DRINKER  ,   HOW  WOULD  I  MAKE  COFFEE?
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Hey, \n\nWell, u need ALOT of time for rock synthesis and the best u can do at that is crystal synthesis using salt or best sugar supersaturated solution with a thick rope/string suspended from the top of the glass that is about 3/4 full of supersaturated solution.\n\nWell, u can't grow a plant nor grow a crystal in 3 days.   But u CAN do a project demonstrating the relationship between kinetic energy and potential energy.  It is always not that long to do.  \n\nIf it's for a school board science fair, GOOD LUCK.  These things take so much time and planning out.   Better luck next year getting started earlier with a moderately feasible project that can be done within a reasonable time frame (alot earlier than due date) so that u can anayze and write on the results. \nU can always take a theory in science and test the validity of that theory by conducting an experiment of your imagination.  For example, a simple gravity experiment... then supplement that with mathematical equations as proof... and voila! it looks sophisticated.  \n\nSorry, I can't help u much at this point.  U will just have to find yourself a science project book or science text book in physics (best for quick ones) and conduct that "experiment" (experiments don't need to grow anything. You can measure or use scientific analysis/method for physics projects).  You can get points for creativity by adding or giving a twist to the project in the text. Make sure you cite it.
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One way is by growing a big, pure crystal of the material. Since all the molecules are the same, and the crystal is pure, then all the molecules must fit together a certain way to form the shape of the 'ideal' crystal. \n\nX-ray crystallography, which the previous answerer referred to, is when they shine a thin beam of x-rays through the crystal, to see how they are diffracted. This shows how the crystal is constructed inside.\n\nIn addition to this, if the molecules are large enough, an electron microscope can sometimes see the layers of molecules on the outside of a crystal, or the inner layers if it is split open. \n\nBy using techniques like this, scientist can build up a mental concept of what shape and size the basic units of the crystal must be, the molecules. Then they can make little stick-and-ball shapes that represent the molecules and build up large structures (representing very tiny crystals.) If their predictions are correct, the large shape they build up should resemble the actual crystals, with the same angles and the same shape planes, etc.\n\n19 NOV 06, 1756 hrs, GMT.
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It is possible to grow crystals that are naturally red.  You grow them from potassium ferricyanide (not the same as cyanide).  \n\nThese links have more information about red crystals.  I hope this helps.