The Crystal Growing Experiment

For Christmas, my big brother Ethan asked for a crystal growing experiment. He got one and over the break we started growing his first batch of crystals. This experiment was called the "Golden Citrine Experiment" and it was designed to grow golden-colored crystals using a piece of granite rock as a base. Here's a look at how we documented the crystal growth:

Day One (the morning after the mixture and rock were placed in a plastic bath together):


You can small crystals starting to form not only on the surface of the granite rock, but also along the base of the plastic bath. So far, everything looks to be growing just as planned.

Day Three (there was little notable change on Day Two):


The crystals have made some noticeable growth and the water level has dropped in the bath, causing crystals to start forming where the water level had previously been. There are also more crystals forming around the base of the granite stone, more so than on the surface of the stone itself.

Day Four:

There was a considerable amount of growth seen in the plastic bath on Day Four of the experiment, so we took several pics to document the growth. This was also the first day growth on the surface of the rock breached the surface of the bath's liquid. It was very exciting!





As you can see from the pics, there is lots going on in the bath now. It's a lot of fun to watch and see how the crystals change and what surfaces they seem to grow best on.

Day Nine:

These two pics were taken from above the bath, one with a flash and one without a flash. Notice how the flash changes the color of the growing crystals.



Day Seventeen:

After over two weeks of observation, the crystals have stopped growing and the bath is empty of liquid. Daddy broke out the crystals and took these pics of the final crystals. Pretty cool.





This was a super fun experiment. Thanks Ethan for letting us keep it going for you. Hope you like what we did and can't wait to do it again when you get back this summer. My next experiment will involve the hatching and raising of prehistoric sea monsters!!

See you soon. Hunter.