Anders Hoveland
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"Jello" crystal made, but can't remember
When I was only ten years old I made an orange liquid from a chemistry set. I cannot remember what I used, but I remember the set had little square
white containers with red lids. I remember using a pH indicator and cobalt chloride in the mix. The liquid looked just like orange juice. I put it in
the freezer, and the next day it had formed a 4in clear crystal that came up out of the container. It definitely had the symetry of a mineral crystal,
but the strange thing was it wobbled like jello! I have been unable to reproduce it, and have since long lost the chemistry set. I left the crystal
with a friend. When I came back it was gone. The friend said he pinched chalk on the crystal and it dissolved. I do not know whether that is true or
if he just chucked the crystal in the bushes, but he did still have the container the crystal was in.
Does anyone have any thoughts about what this might have been or how to make it again?
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I believe I had the same set your speaking of and I just found a couple of the bottles last night packed away in storage so I will check to see if it
had a name on it of the set. If so you will be able to possibly find the users manual online.
Knowledge is useless to useless people...
"I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes. The fall of Rome, the fall of Germany — the
fall of the ruling country, the people who think they can do whatever they want without anybody else's consent. I've seen this story
before."~Maynard James Keenan
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