How to grow crystal

In nature there are many interesting processes. One of them is the creation of rock crystals. But this wonderful, shrouded in the secret process can be reproduced at home, watching the most familiar substances gradually grow beautiful minerals.

The safest ingredient is sugar. It is worth starting with it, especially since such crystals are not only beautiful, but also edible. It is necessary to take:

2 glasses of water;
on 3 glasses more sugar;
sticks;
paper or clothespins;
capacity;
glasses;
food dye.

Of the 1/4 cup of water and 2 tablespoons of sugar, syrup is cooked. Then the sticks are plunged into it and fall in a small amount of sugar, full of napkin. When they are completely dry, we take the container, we pour there 2 glasses of water and pour half the sugar rate. Fire is reduced to a minimum, we place the container on the stove, and stirring, waiting for the dissolution of the whole sugar. Add the rest of the sand and dissolve it. Turn off the burner and give the solution to stand for 20 minutes. Syrup is hot spilled in glasses and add food to each dye. On sticks put on holders. When we lower these sticks in hot syrup, the limiter will protect from contact with the walls and the bottom of the dishes. After approximately 7 days, a miracle will happen.

Another 1 available ingredient - NaCl - food salt. Start:

We pour warm water into a glass - 200 ml.
We add salt portions, stirring all the time. We do it as long as the crystals of the salt will not cease dissolve. Approximately 70 g. It is important that salt is clean, otherwise the experience can end with a negative result.
We take a container with water, put on fire. We put a glass there, and let him be there before heating the solution in it. Do not forget to put a rag on the bottom of the container or some kind of stand, otherwise the glass will crack.
We harvest a simple adaptation, consisting of a pencil with a thread attached to it, at the end of which the largest salt crystalline is fixed. If instead of crystal tie a pebble or a figure made of copper wire, then at the end we will get a very beautiful pattern.
We take a glass, we skip the solution through the filter paper. On the edges of the glass lay the device. Thread with a crystalline falls into a saturated solution. We assign a dark place for dishes.
We observe how the crystalline increases. When you decide that it has grown enough, remove and dry, cover with varnish. Contact him carefully - it is very fragile.

Very beautiful blue crystals grow out of copper mood. This material is not as safe as sugar or salt, so work in gloves. The technology is almost the same:

We take a glass jar and pour water - 300 ml.
We introduce the gradually copper vigor to the oversaturation of the solution.
We put a saucepan with water on the slab, we put the jar in it and heated.
Let the bead or buttons on the thread. We bind to a wooden stick.
We take out the jar, we give the solution to cool.
Place a wand with a thread across the hole in the bank. Watch that the load does not touch the bottom and the walls of the People.
We wait until the crystal grows up, then take it out.
We apply a coating using colorless nail polish.

Good crystals are growing from aluminum alum (Alunita). Buy them in a pharmacy. Then:

dissolved in heated water;
filtered;
put in a quiet place, temperature - bedroom;
crystals appear in a few days at the bottom of the dishes;
choose the best, transfer to another dishes and poured the old filtered solution;
repeat this surgery of the day 2-3 to the production of minerals of the desired value;
take out, wet the napkin and lacquer.

In stores where toys sell, sometimes sets with materials for cultivation of crystals appear. They contain aluminum and potassium sulfates, as well as ammonium phosphate and dyes.

Let's summarize: the cultivation of crystals is a creative, exciting process. If you do it with the child, then who knows, maybe a famous researcher will grow out of it?