Growing ADP Mega Crystals w/a Geologist

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On today's episode, follow geologist & gemologist Elizabeth step-by-step on her quest to create giant crystal clusters from a powder fertilizer (ADP) and water. See the many strange forms of crystallization and learn the ins and outs of making your very own gem.

00:14 - Crystal Growing Set-Up (Day 1)
02:55 - Picking Seed Crystals (Day 4)
06:28 - Isolating the Crystals (Day 9)
09:36 - Crystal Growth Problem (Day 11)
11:22 - Evaporation Method (Day 12)
13:50 - Outgrowing the Container (Day 20)
16:28 - Growing Crystals in a Fish Tank (Day 23)
18:15 - Amazing Crystal Growth (Day 44)
20:25 - Final Results (Day 52)

JTV is one of the leading experts on gemstones and is the best source on YouTube for all things gem related. Featuring gem history, the science behind the stones, gemstones in pop culture, and much more, you too can become a gemology expert by immersing yourself in JTV’s channel. Our expert, Elizabeth has a degree in Geology and Environmental Studies, as well as an FGA from the Gemmological Association of Great Britain.

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We hope you enjoy our little experiment, nearly two months in the making. Let us know if you'd like to see more crystal growing and if you've ever tried it yourself.

gems

Be careful not to leave them out in a hot sun because the water evaporates leaving a powder clump. Learned that as a teenager with my mineral collection at a town fair!

Newworld

You could wash the crystals off with an organic solvent to clean them (a liquid that doesn't dissolve the crystals), then place the crystals in an evacuated bell jar for long-term observational enjoyment.

didgeridooblue

Wow, those crystals were amazing! I’ve done the same with Copper Sulphate, just keep filtering out the solution every week. Those you made look quite difficult and delicate. But wow. Talking of Dendritic, I have a large Emerald that’s Dendritic, it looks amazing under a microscope. Great video, thanks for sharing. Rog from Wales U.K. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

rogerhargreaves

That was a very cool episode. I've tried growing crystals and the results were disappointing, but from watching your video, I now know what I did wrong so back to drawing board. Thanks Elizabeth!

oscarmedina

When you make the saturated solution all of the chemical needs to dissolve and become clear. When the water evaporates the solution becomes supersaturated which forces the chemical to deposit as crystals. If you cover the aquarium with cloth to keep out dust which settles on the surface you’ll have less problem with crystals growing on the surface and dropping on the top of the main specimen. If you prop the actual specimen on an inverted small glass it’ll keep the bottom growth from impinging or hang by a thread from a pencil to suspend above the bottom also. The growth can be adjusted to make hopper growth too which looks like steps around the crystals. Great video though, I used to grow them when I was a kid and loved it, copper sulphate, table salt and sodium thiosulphate ( alum)

jimbrydon

Thanks for the fun video. I did this once with globerite in a decorated bottle. The crystals were gorgeous for a couple of years. Then mysteriously dissolved back to brine. Will try again.

karlbarros

Omg I can’t wait to do this I have a fish tank just sitting around 😻

xoxosnowflake

To prevent breakage could you line the jar or vessel with a type of wax paper to lift the crystal out, like a cupcake?

attitudealive

Love the one with the bigger crystals, i really enjoyed your process, thanks so much for sharing !!! And yes i would love to see more crystal videos👍😃

robinmckenzie

This could be something really cool to attach to Warhammer bases or something.

piptarou

Whao, this crystal growing experiment video is amazing.😯😃 It's very interesting to see how to create them👩‍🔬🧫💎 and what they look like at the end. My favorite is the last big crystal. Thanks for showing us.👩‍🏫🙂💎

karengarcia

Late to the party here. I love crystals of all forms and, I so enjoyed this video. I work with resins and love using pigments of all types and was wondering if they would combine in the crystal growth and if so, which types work better. Or by using different types of impurities like chromium in trace amounts would they grow green like an emerald. One of my favorite resin casts was a large green 6-sided barrel growing from a black matrix.

McShaganpronouncedShaegen

They're all awesome, you should have put some drops of green food colouring in and you'd have Kryptonite!🤣😂👍

jamiecurran

I have a crystal hedgehog I made that uses this process! I bought it at my local museum just out of support so I just did the process once. However, I wish I knew that I could just repeat the process on the same crystals!

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