Ingredients

• Chrome alum (produces a naturally deep violet color)
• Potassium alum (used to lighten the crystal to a nearly any shade of purple)
• Water (used as a solvent)

Directions

• Dissolve the chrome alum in your cauldron. The solution will be deep blue-green, even though the crystals will be purple.

• Mix the potassium alum until the desired shade is achieved.

• You may stop here and allow the solution to sit for smaller, more unique crystals. However, a seed crystal will be needed to grow a large, even crystal.

• To grow a seed crystal, pour a small amount of the solution into a shallow saucer. Crystals will grow spontaneous as the water evaporates out of the saucer. Select the best crystal and place it in a clean container.

• Pour the rest of the growing solution over the seed crystal. Cast Lumos to shine light through through the container, to monitor the resulting crystal's growth.

• When you are satisfied, use a spoon to remove the crystal from the container.

Here's an example:

Bismuth crystals are very simple to make since all you need is bismuth, a non-reactive stainless-steel or aluminium container, and heat. I will use several containers in order to make crystals of various sizes.

First I heated my bismuth up until it became liquid, producing a grey skin on top, which is full of impurities. I carefully poured the molten bismuth into several containers.

The first couple of containers were used to make small crystals on non-reactive nylon threads. In order to control the size of these crystals I used a modified Glacius charm, as faster cooling produces smaller crystals. (I'm afraid I messed up the first time I tried this and froze the lot solid, but fortunately all I had to do was melt it again.)

Making the larger crystals was easier; all I had to do was wait for the bismuth to set a bit. When it became somewhat 'jiggly' I poured off the extra and had four pretty good sized crystals of bismuth.

Now all I have to do is wait for them to become completely solid before attaching them to hair barrettes and adding the dangly threads to one end to make the design my own.

Finally, I went into the stores to grab some chrome alum and dissolved this in boiling water. I poured out a small amount of this supersaturated solution to make seed crystals, and set up four containers to grow four square chromium alum crystals, which resemble amethysts.

They look like this:

These will take a day or two to grow to full size, but I intend to set them carefully in the square hollows of the large bismuth crystals, as they will resemble amethysts. They're not made of quartz like amethyst and will require gentle handling, but since they will be on secure barrettes rather than hair ties, they can be placed on a section of the hair that's unlikely to stress them, or even sewn into a wig if the wearer prefers not to use Crinus Muto.

I will probably give these out as game prizes at my next fashion friends tea party. Since the bismuth is a beautiful iridescent colour and the chrome alum is purple, they can be worn by members of any House--now that people from outside of Slytherin, like Zoe and Toru, have started coming, it hasn't been appropriate for me to make prizes in specific house colours.

Callista Melina Zabini, Slytherin House.

((Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-grow-bismuth-crystals-606234 https://www.thoughtco.com/seed-crystal-instructions-607654 https://www.thoughtco.com/crystal-growing-recipes-606222))

I've decided to go for simple crystals made of salt as I think the greatest beauty lies in simplicity and modesty. It's a safe and rather cheap experiment as well. I have a thing for clean and nice things when it comes to jewellery as these look more mature, sophisticated and high class. A finished salt crystal reminds me of pure quartz which I admire. I'd like to put the finished salt crystal on a necklace like this:

In this experiment, I need salt and water to grow crystals. However, one has to ask oneself what effects impurities have. Table salt is not a high-purity sodium chloride and various substances are already dissolved in tap water. In order to clarify this question, I have built up several variants of this experiment. I would like to concentrate on the version with table salt and tap water as well as one with distilled water and pure sodium chloride. First, a saturated solution must be prepared. I simply add a lot of salt to the water and stir until no more salt seems to dissolve. The reason for this becomes clear in the explanation and when the point is reached where no more salt dissolves, I have to get rid of the surplus salt grains. I pour the whole thing through a filter (Muggle coffee filters are excellent for this) into a clean glass - this is the basis of the experiment. In any case, I should now be able to determine exactly where the crystals should grow. This is done with a so-called seed crystal on which the whole is to crystallize. For example, if you want to have many small crystals, you simply take grains of salt and scatter them on the ground. But if you want to grow a crystal, we tie one to a piece of string and let it hang in the middle of the solution.

Now the solutions must be placed somewhere where they cannot be disturbed. This process must be allowed atleast one to several weeks. The more, the better, as the crystal can grow more. It is very important to cover the whole thing so that no dust can trickle in. The slower the growth of the crystal progresses, the more transparent it should become. However, I wonder why a crystal is growing here at all, so I continued my research. My salt solution is saturated, which means that the water has dissolved as much salt as it can at this temperature. Over time, however, a little water evaporates and then suddenly there is much more salt than can dissolve in this volume of water. The result is that the salt has to settle somewhere and this preferably on my seed crystal. The salt crystallises on this and the crystal grows. It is interesting to note that even small crystals grow on the string. I found this most astonishing. Some crystals also grow on the ground! When compared with the solution of pure sodium chloride and distilled water to that of conventional salt and tap water, the first variant could give the impression of transparent crystals. However, it can be observed that new layers have been formed in the salt and tap water variant, which are also transparent. It is therefore obvious to claim that the impurities have now crystallized out and that only pure sodium chloride is present in the solution.

Making a saturated salt solution

Putting it inside the glass to let the crystal grow

Pure Sodium Chloride and distilled water

Table Salt and Tap water

This gem is also good for healing purposes (though I will continue to rely on a trained professional). Associated with the element of water, rose quartz healing properties are naturally fluid. They wash out toxic energies and emotions that you have trapped inside of you. It’s also a good reminder that you should forgive both yourself and others.

Rose Quartz is a rough looking hexagonal base crystal that looks very similar to Himalayan Rock Salt. Though it is rough, it can easily be carved into shapes and then tumbled smooth. I will be using the crystal to make heart-shaped pendants for my friends to let them know how important they are to me. I do hope that my more masculine friends don’t mind the gift as it is a small pink heart. o///o I suppose it’s too late now my crystals are already forming.

Ingredients

• Silicon Dioxide
• Traces of titanium, iron, or manganese
• Water

Directions

• Heat the water in a pot or cauldron until a gentle boil. (Where the bubbles form at the bottom and slowly trickle to the top one at a time loosely)
• Mix the Silicon Dioxide into the liquid until completely dissolved.
• Add traces of titanium, iron, or manganese to achieve the desired pigmentation (also note that these crystals can lose their colors if left in direct sunlight)
• Allow solution to sit to create rough crystals. At this point one could chip fragments loose and tumble for small palm stones or to carve into desired shapes.

[Edit] Sources used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz#Rose_quartz">Wikipedia https://www.energymuse.com/rose-quartz-meaning">Energy Muse

For today's lesson I would create crystals using: sugar, warm water, artificial food flavoring, and food coloring.

. First I will add sugar to a clear jar so I can watch what happens inside, then I will pour warm water to half the jar and stir with a spoon until it dissolves. . Next I will add a few drops of food flavoring and food color. Once again I will stir the solution. . In my next step I will place two or more wood chopsticks and lean it against the rim of the glass, then cover the glass with plastic wrap to prevent bugs from entering into the jar. Then it is waiting time until the crystals form and make my very own crystal rock candy! The process could naturally take up to two weeks but with a bit of magic we can accelerate the process to a few hours instead (about three hours).

Image by me: :P How are they actually supposed to look like:

I decided to make this crystal because I adore sweets and I'm making a little sweets shop so this would help me into creating my own candy line one day or so I hope.

Ingredients: 3 cups of sugar 1 cup of water 1 glass jar 1 wooden skewer Length of cotton string Cauldron

First, Fade added the cup of water and three cups of sugar into his cauldron and lit the flames beneath it. While constantly stirring the mixture he waited for the liquid to boil, trying to maintain the -just-boiling temperature. Once the sugar had dissolved he extinguished the heat and cooled the cauldron with a small “Glacius” charm.

While the mixture was cooling down, Fade tied the length of string to the center of the wooden dowel. Measuring the length so the string wouldn’t touch the bottom of the glass jar. Once the length was appropriate, he then dipped the string into some of the cooled off liquid, and then again into some un-melted sugar, and let it dry.

Once the mixture of sugar water had cooled completely he poured it into his glass jar, and dropped the prepared sugar string into the liquid. Setting the jar off to the side, he covered it with a handkerchief and returned to his table. The text he read said it would take anywhere from three to seven days for his crystals to achieve maximum growth. Hopefully he wouldn't be penalized if he didn’t have much to show by the end of the class… He returned to his station and cleaned up any leftover sticky water and then began observing his other classmates creations.

• Borax
• Boiling water
• Thermal dust pigment
• Surface to grow crystals on (pipe cleaners and thread are the most common)

Directions

1. Boil water in your cauldron.
2. Stir in borax until it stops dissolving.
3. Stir in the thermal dust pigment.
4. Place the fish skull in the solution in the cauldron. You may weigh it down and monitor the crystals' formation. Leave it at least overnight for the first layer. Create multiple layers of crystals by taking the skull, once the initial layer of crystals has grown, and placing it in a fresh solution that has been fully saturated.
5. Sprinkle more thermal dust on the crystals as desired.

I found this fish skull during a summer's walk on the beach while my father's research vessel was docked off the coast of a popular Massachusetts island. Human skull replicas are commonly used for growing decorative crystals and I was inspired by that and my own fortuitous discovery. The thermal dust was suggested by an artist friend of mine who delights in dabbling in Muggle media. This pigment varies in color according to temperature, and there is even a solar dust that Muggles have created to interact directly with sunlight.

This image belongs to me 🐟

Ingredients: Sal volatile Manganese

Place a rock with plenty of fissures into gently boiling water. Mix sal volatile into water. Next or manganese, or substitute with the following: magnesium, calcium and/or zinc. From here, patience is key. Allow minerals to rest and build slowly over time.

OOC: I may try to run back and add a drawing if I have time