How to Grow a Crystal

by napalm008 in Workshop > Science

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How to Grow a Crystal

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in this Instructable I will show you how to grow a crystal.
(the picture below is a little blurry but the crystal looks beautiful when the facets catch the light)
Items needed
Borax
Thread
Button
Food coloring
measuring implements
Jar
Water

Make Your Gethering Implement

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the gathering implement gathers all the tiny crystals.

Heat Up Some Water

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heat ups some water so that when you add the borax it will disolve.

Add Coloring

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add 4-6 drops of food coloring i used blue but you can use any color but blue stands out the most.

Add Water

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add some water it doesn't amtter how much about half it good but I will leave that up to you.

Add Borax

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add 10-12 table-spoons of borax 1 at a time and stir inbetween.

Add Button

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just put your button on the pencil in the jar.

After 2 Hours

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this is what it looks like after 2 hours.

Finished!

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now you are finished when you are done your crystal is done you should take it out when it looks like the picture below.