This takes me back to my school days when the teacher showed us how to grow one. Watching it get bigger each day was fascinating. I'm now 64 years of age. Well done.
I did this when I was in my teens. I used thin copper wire instead to hold the seed. I managed to get the crystal to be as big as yours. It was fun but Copper(ll) Sulfate is toxic and I stopped after I got sick.
The 2+ oxidation state is only common oxidation state found in nature, and copper sulfate such as this is always 2+. Copper(I) and copper(III) compounds can be synthesised, but they are much more exotic.
@@NARUTOCHIGGA Not much. I did try to preserve it but humidity and it's fragile nature is a challenge on its own. Eventually I gave up and gave it to my father. He's diabetic and later I learned that he used it to make some Benedict's reagent
It is best to coat the crystal with a thin layer of varnish, using spray varnish. This will prevent a dull, greenish layer from forming on the crystal surfaces.
The crystals are very perishable. If left out in dry atmosphere, the surface will start to dehydrate (copper sulfate crystals have water of hydration as part of the crystal) & become powdery & white. If left out in humid atmosphere, the crystal will draw water out of the air (deliquescence) & start to dissolve. Best bet is to seal it in SMALL clear airtight box. If things work out right, the atmosphere in the box will come to equilibrium with the water in the crystal.
Highly concentrate copper sulfate that is used as a fungicide always amazes me with how unnaturally strong the blue color looks when it comes out of the bottle. And even highly diluted it's still very blue.
Beautiful work! Thank you for your enthusiasm and these helpful tutorials! I had almost given up on growing NaCl crystals until I saw your blog. Instead of using a beaker, a small petri dish is way more suitable for controlled growth. I used plastic tweezers to transfer the seeds and avoided scratches most of the time. After a few attempts, I was rewarded with almost perfect NaCl crystals measuring an amazing 15x15 mm.☺
@@FrankBenlin The humidity changes drastically where I live, so they have to be kept in a jar with desiccant or they will start to absorb moisture and disintegrate.
Grew crystals in 7th grade, 1966. Copper sulphate, alum, and potassium ferrocyanide. My blue crystal was about 20% larger, but not nearly as clear. Nice job!
Back in high school (at least 9-10 years now), I was a Teacher's Assistant for a few teachers that liked having me around (got to know them from being in their classes prior semesters). One was for the Chemistry Teacher's classes. During his regular classes, one of the experiments used Copper (II) Sulfate in small beakers, after which a bunch got left in the overhead storage racks for months. When it comes time to clean them out at the end of the school year, most of them had little crystals at the bottom, but one had a large crystal in it. I'd say it had to be at least 2 inches diagonally. I showed it to the chemistry teacher and he planned to add some clear nail polish on the outside and keep it. I think he still has it to this day.
Must have been a big surprise! They should do these experiments in school more often. So many ppl have told me it's like the one class they remember to this day
@@the_crystalverse Ironically, the crystal wasn't even part of the experiment. The actual experiment was complete when a student placed that beaker up there in the storage rack. The large crystal was just a by-product of it sitting up there unattended for months.
Just discovered your channel due to YT algorithms. So far it's the only one i want to watch. I think crystals are one of the most beautiful things. The way they form such wonderful shapes naturally is amazing. Keep making more video's as i have subscribed and cant wait for what you will create next. Bravo. 👏
Theoretically, could you grow a crystal using a kidney stone as a seed (calcium phosphate and/or calcium oxalate).... ?? Your videos are so much fun... It made me smile to see this is something you do with your son
Wow! Excellent video too! This will be very helpful. Excited to try this! Quick question; what do you do with the leftover crustys, the smaller crystals, and how do you dispose of the copper solution when you’re finished? Thanks for the time you put in to making this tutorial.
Thanks! You can crush them up to turn them into powder, then just redissolve the powder like usual to make new crystals! I just keep the solution, since it has no expiry date and can be reused. It's not good to pour it down the drain as it's toxic to aquatic life
I was wondering if you could just lay the fishing line in the piety dish and hope that a crystal forms around it. Then you wont be left with a knot inside. Just a line that might be harder to see. Alternatively secure the line at one end and just saw that part off with a jewellers saw then polish with sand paper.
Amazing video, like all others! I discovered this channel only a few hours ago and I am already enthralled by what you do. I was wondering if you could try to grow diamino copper sulfate (NH3)2CuSO4·xH2O. Back in the day I tried, but I could only grow a crystal about 5 mm thick. I must say, it may not be particularly spectacular (deep blue solution, hard to see through) but the outcome is pure magic. I know it could stink to have all that NH3 containing solution sitting around, but the reward is huge!
Praise be to Arrellia, goddess of copper, goddess of knowledge and database structures! She has one of these in her tiara. No idea how to waterproof it though, but she is in the library all the time so whatever.
I think heating the solution would make it grow faster. More water would evaporate, increasing the concentration and forcing the copper to find somewhere else to stick (the crystal).
Great videos! I was wondering. What if you used a small nylon mesh, instead of tying the crystal seeds with fishing line. Would you avoid thw line absorbing into the crystal?
Evening mr crystalversee, I've watched a couple of your videos as well as read a bunch of blog posts and I'm really interested in crystalizing certain objects e.g insect carcasses as a means of preservation. Now, I've seen people do that with mostly borax crystals but I saw you posting some images of crystalized crabs in your tutorial for MAP and Alum crystals. I was wondering if it's possible to do the same with the copper sulfate and epsom salt crystals? And if so then how? Thank you!!
Absolutely. Just prepare a highly supersaturated solution (for example, if the copper sulfate solution is saturated at 50g/100mL water, then prepare a solution of 60g/100mL). Then, immerse your object inside the solution, and sprinkle a few crystal grains on top. The object will be coated with crystals the next day.
I LOVE how copper sulfate crystals look, but they're deemed toxic, albeit very low. Wonder if there's a non-toxic crystal that can be that shade of blue that isn't sapphires.
i wonder. would it be possible to create hybrid crystals? could you mix an Alum solution with the copper sulfate solution to create a brand new crystal?
It's not possible to make a hybrid with copper sulfate and alum. If you mix the two solutions, the crystals will form separately, so you will get a matrix of alum embedded in copper sulfate/vice versa. But some compounds can indeed form "hybrids". For example, if you mix copper sulfate (blue) with iron sulfate (green), you get copper-iron sulfate crystals, which are of a different shape from either, and are blue-green!
I wonder if you could create windows by growing a crystal in the shape of a window or windshield. If you grew ruby crystals into the mold of a window, it would surely be more durable than glass windows. Though there would be a red hue to the light cast through such a window. But what about a durable clear crystal?
Well these dissolve in water, so probably not a good idea for a window haha It is also very hard to grow these crystals in a mold, because they like to follow their natural crystal shape. Therefore, it's necessary to cut and polish them, which again, doesn't work well due to their brittleness and water solubility.
How durable are these crystals? I use hotglue and seaglass to make sculptures and was wondering if I could grow these to add that awesome color. Thanks
Be very careful with that. Just about every family had a Copper Sulfate Crystal when I was growing up. it was used to put on a Boil or a Pigsty. It was always handled very carefully & just lightly brushed a couple of times over the infection. Same thing with a Syliptic Stick. You don't see them anymore, but they worked.
I think you mean Styptic Stick? Yes this is a very toxic product, imo there are safer less toxic things to use for boils and pigstys, castor oil for one.
I did this in the fifth grade, as a curious side-show to my actual Science Fair project, which was copper electroplating. There is a big problem with messing about with copper sulfate solution: how do you dispose of it safely?? You can't pour it down the drain, you can't put it in a storm drain, at most you could maybe pour it on the cracks of your driveway and sidewalk to stop plants from growing there. 😱☠
They dissolve in water and also are toxic. They can be used as herbicide or to make you puke in case you got something more toxic you want to get out of your stomach but it is not recommended.
I like going to the market in Maastricht on Fridays. There is a man who sells beautiful sized and polished cuttings of natural crystals. They make for beautiful decorations in the alcoves I built with adjustable color lighting. My wife doesn't care for them. They all wind up thrown into a drawer not even wrapped. I didn't find the woman of my dreams. I'm sad.
If exposed to dry air, they start turning white after a week, and eventually crumble after a year or so. To prevent this, you can coat them with a layer of nail polish.
If you prevent outside moisture and air contact then infinitely long. There might appear some blemishes on the surface until the crystal equilibrates moisture with the environment, but then I expect it to stop further changing
Depends on how dry the air is at your place. If the air is relatively humid, possibly years. If the air is dry, the surface will start turning white within a few days, unless you protect it with some kind of varnish or nail polish.
The solution should always be at room temperature when putting a crystal inside. If you get icing but no crystals forming, trying 1) filtering the solution into a new container, and 2) dropping some copper sulfate powder into the solution. If the solution is concentrated enough, the powder should start to form crystals within 1 day. If the powder dissolves instead, that means the solution is too dilute.
2 methods: 1) Grow it at the bottom of the container. The crystal will be flat on one side though. 2) Let the seed crystal form on the string itself, instead of tying the knot. Thus, you can pull the string out once you've finished growing it.
@@the_crystalverse ah ok! got another stupid question: would it be possible to grow a large but very thin crystal? like some sort of "natural glaswindow"? ^^
It depends on the environment. If the air very dry, it will turn white in a few days. If it's humid, or kept in an airtight container, it can stay shiny for years
This takes me back to my school days when the teacher showed us how to grow one. Watching it get bigger each day was fascinating. I'm now 64 years of age. Well done.
💙 70 here….. same wonder-filled memories of crystal growing as a young teen! I think “Purple/Chrome Alum” was my first crystal growing experience
I did this when I was in my teens. I used thin copper wire instead to hold the seed. I managed to get the crystal to be as big as yours. It was fun but Copper(ll) Sulfate is toxic and I stopped after I got sick.
How did you know it was copper II and not copper I or III?
The 2+ oxidation state is only common oxidation state found in nature, and copper sulfate such as this is always 2+. Copper(I) and copper(III) compounds can be synthesised, but they are much more exotic.
What to do with the crystal
@@NARUTOCHIGGA Not much. I did try to preserve it but humidity and it's fragile nature is a challenge on its own. Eventually I gave up and gave it to my father. He's diabetic and later I learned that he used it to make some Benedict's reagent
@@ferretyluv I read the label.
It is best to coat the crystal with a thin layer of varnish, using spray varnish. This will prevent a dull, greenish layer from forming on the crystal surfaces.
The crystals are very perishable. If left out in dry atmosphere, the surface will start to dehydrate (copper sulfate crystals have water of hydration as part of the crystal) & become powdery & white. If left out in humid atmosphere, the crystal will draw water out of the air (deliquescence) & start to dissolve. Best bet is to seal it in SMALL clear airtight box. If things work out right, the atmosphere in the box will come to equilibrium with the water in the crystal.
Yes they are perishable which is why I never bothered, nothing like real crystals and this one is fairly toxic.
Man I love copper sulfate. Aside from being useful it's the most beautiful shade of blue imo
sapphire is more beautiful
@@hibahprice6887 well thats a matter of opinion isn't it?
Highly concentrate copper sulfate that is used as a fungicide always amazes me with how unnaturally strong the blue color looks when it comes out of the bottle.
And even highly diluted it's still very blue.
@@Yora21 reminds me of potassium permanganate
@@jerrysanchez5453Potassium permanganate is purple, though.
Very nice crystal! Dad and I did this when I was a kid. Fond memories.
Beautiful work! Thank you for your enthusiasm and these helpful tutorials! I had almost given up on growing NaCl crystals until I saw your blog. Instead of using a beaker, a small petri dish is way more suitable for controlled growth. I used plastic tweezers to transfer the seeds and avoided scratches most of the time. After a few attempts, I was rewarded with almost perfect NaCl crystals measuring an amazing 15x15 mm.☺
Awesome. 15mm is very impressive indeed
Nice one. How durable are they?
@@FrankBenlin The humidity changes drastically where I live, so they have to be kept in a jar with desiccant or they will start to absorb moisture and disintegrate.
Grew crystals in 7th grade, 1966. Copper sulphate, alum, and potassium ferrocyanide. My blue crystal was about 20% larger, but not nearly as clear. Nice job!
Back in high school (at least 9-10 years now), I was a Teacher's Assistant for a few teachers that liked having me around (got to know them from being in their classes prior semesters). One was for the Chemistry Teacher's classes. During his regular classes, one of the experiments used Copper (II) Sulfate in small beakers, after which a bunch got left in the overhead storage racks for months. When it comes time to clean them out at the end of the school year, most of them had little crystals at the bottom, but one had a large crystal in it. I'd say it had to be at least 2 inches diagonally. I showed it to the chemistry teacher and he planned to add some clear nail polish on the outside and keep it. I think he still has it to this day.
Must have been a big surprise! They should do these experiments in school more often. So many ppl have told me it's like the one class they remember to this day
@@the_crystalverse Ironically, the crystal wasn't even part of the experiment. The actual experiment was complete when a student placed that beaker up there in the storage rack. The large crystal was just a by-product of it sitting up there unattended for months.
I really wanted to see how make these crystals in video form. Thankyou for sharing them in detail!
You're welcome! We've wanted to do it for a long time, but filming a video always seemed intimidating. Now we've got the momentum going 🔥
They look amazing, thank you for showing .
Saw your post on Reddit and had to see how it was done! This is amazing! Reminds me of rock candy making😊
but way more toxic
Great video editing! It’s fun to watch you grow Crystal hah. The sounds are so ASMR
Just discovered your channel due to YT algorithms. So far it's the only one i want to watch. I think crystals are one of the most beautiful things. The way they form such wonderful shapes naturally is amazing. Keep making more video's as i have subscribed and cant wait for what you will create next. Bravo. 👏
We sometimes use copper sulfide as a fungicide at work. The blue color of the concentrated stuff when it comes out of the bottle is almost unnatural.
which is quite apt because the colour blue is not very common in nature
sulfate*
copper sulfides just look like rocks lol
Good for killing algae in swimming pools.
Theoretically, could you grow a crystal using a kidney stone as a seed (calcium phosphate and/or calcium oxalate).... ??
Your videos are so much fun... It made me smile to see this is something you do with your son
It would be fun to run different frequencies into the water and see if the crystal form differently
It is truly nature beauty! Thanks for sharing!
Nice work! Does the fishing line remain too visible?
I love it ❤
45ys ago I have done this also in my youth.
Must have been some good memories!
@the_crystalverse
Yes, wonderful memories ❤️
I always loved this lovely blue crystals
Can't await to show that to my niece, when she is a bit older.
That crystal kind of looks like night comet from Elden Ring. Very pretty copper blue hue!
Thanks! That spell is broken lol
Wow! Excellent video too! This will be very helpful. Excited to try this! Quick question; what do you do with the leftover crustys, the smaller crystals, and how do you dispose of the copper solution when you’re finished? Thanks for the time you put in to making this tutorial.
Thanks! You can crush them up to turn them into powder, then just redissolve the powder like usual to make new crystals! I just keep the solution, since it has no expiry date and can be reused. It's not good to pour it down the drain as it's toxic to aquatic life
I wonder if the same process works with iron(II) Sulfate to grow turquoise-colored crystals.
Super! Looking forward to seeing others! 💎
Thanks man, got a few lined up
Found you from reddit! Amazing work. Keep going on!
Thankss
Followed the trail from Reddit, how stable are these crystals? Would they dissolve if exposed to water?
Yes, they'll dissolve slowly over an hour or so. You can coat them with nail polish to prevent this
@@the_crystalverse awesome thanks!
Yes
If you coated it in resin for a thin outer layer, would it prevent it from being toxic? I could imagine making like dice or other props with this.
Yep, that works!
I have used clear fingernail polish. I think that is sufficient.
Yep but CuSO4 is quite brittle.
Yes
Are those as blue in real life as they are in pictures? I've seen pictures before and they look so very, VERY blue.
Nice! I have managed to grow an avocado tree. It does not yet give avocados, though.
This is very cool, fantastic, this crystal is incredibly beautiful. thank you a lot
Is it possible to grow without the fishing line permanently stuck inside the crystal?
I was wondering if you could just lay the fishing line in the piety dish and hope that a crystal forms around it. Then you wont be left with a knot inside. Just a line that might be harder to see. Alternatively secure the line at one end and just saw that part off with a jewellers saw then polish with sand paper.
Amazing video, like all others! I discovered this channel only a few hours ago and I am already enthralled by what you do. I was wondering if you could try to grow diamino copper sulfate (NH3)2CuSO4·xH2O. Back in the day I tried, but I could only grow a crystal about 5 mm thick. I must say, it may not be particularly spectacular (deep blue solution, hard to see through) but the outcome is pure magic. I know it could stink to have all that NH3 containing solution sitting around, but the reward is huge!
Praise be to Arrellia, goddess of copper, goddess of knowledge and database structures!
She has one of these in her tiara. No idea how to waterproof it though, but she is in the library all the time so whatever.
Nice blue crystal! 👍
Beautiful crystals and a beautiful video. New subscriber!
I think heating the solution would make it grow faster. More water would evaporate, increasing the concentration and forcing the copper to find somewhere else to stick (the crystal).
Great videos!
I was wondering. What if you used a small nylon mesh, instead of tying the crystal seeds with fishing line. Would you avoid thw line absorbing into the crystal?
Evening mr crystalversee, I've watched a couple of your videos as well as read a bunch of blog posts and I'm really interested in crystalizing certain objects e.g insect carcasses as a means of preservation.
Now, I've seen people do that with mostly borax crystals but I saw you posting some images of crystalized crabs in your tutorial for MAP and Alum crystals. I was wondering if it's possible to do the same with the copper sulfate and epsom salt crystals? And if so then how? Thank you!!
Absolutely. Just prepare a highly supersaturated solution (for example, if the copper sulfate solution is saturated at 50g/100mL water, then prepare a solution of 60g/100mL). Then, immerse your object inside the solution, and sprinkle a few crystal grains on top. The object will be coated with crystals the next day.
@the_crystalverse I'm doing it for a school project, will update you on this!! Thank you so much. I adore your work!!
I LOVE how copper sulfate crystals look, but they're deemed toxic, albeit very low. Wonder if there's a non-toxic crystal that can be that shade of blue that isn't sapphires.
Even iron sulphate is this beautiful in crystalline form.
i wonder. would it be possible to create hybrid crystals? could you mix an Alum solution with the copper sulfate solution to create a brand new crystal?
It's not possible to make a hybrid with copper sulfate and alum. If you mix the two solutions, the crystals will form separately, so you will get a matrix of alum embedded in copper sulfate/vice versa.
But some compounds can indeed form "hybrids". For example, if you mix copper sulfate (blue) with iron sulfate (green), you get copper-iron sulfate crystals, which are of a different shape from either, and are blue-green!
I wonder if you could create windows by growing a crystal in the shape of a window or windshield. If you grew ruby crystals into the mold of a window, it would surely be more durable than glass windows. Though there would be a red hue to the light cast through such a window. But what about a durable clear crystal?
Well these dissolve in water, so probably not a good idea for a window haha
It is also very hard to grow these crystals in a mold, because they like to follow their natural crystal shape. Therefore, it's necessary to cut and polish them, which again, doesn't work well due to their brittleness and water solubility.
It would be cool to grow a copper crystal diode.
How durable are these crystals? I use hotglue and seaglass to make sculptures and was wondering if I could grow these to add that awesome color. Thanks
Quite durable. The problem is that they slowly turn white in dry air, so you need to coat them in something like epoxy or nail polish
This is so awfully relaxing! I hate it! Nice Crystals though 👍🏻
Be very careful with that. Just about every family had a Copper Sulfate Crystal when I was growing up. it was used to put on a Boil or a Pigsty. It was always handled very carefully & just lightly brushed a couple of times over the infection. Same thing with a Syliptic Stick. You don't see them anymore, but they worked.
I think you mean Styptic Stick? Yes this is a very toxic product, imo there are safer less toxic things to use for boils and pigstys, castor oil for one.
I did this in the fifth grade, as a curious side-show to my actual Science Fair project, which was copper electroplating.
There is a big problem with messing about with copper sulfate solution: how do you dispose of it safely?? You can't pour it down the drain, you can't put it in a storm drain, at most you could maybe pour it on the cracks of your driveway and sidewalk to stop plants from growing there. 😱☠
Are they strong or fragile? Like what do you do with them next? Just display them or can you make jewelry?
They dissolve in water and also are toxic. They can be used as herbicide or to make you puke in case you got something more toxic you want to get out of your stomach but it is not recommended.
@@whome9842 thank you so much.
I like going to the market in Maastricht on Fridays. There is a man who sells beautiful sized and polished cuttings of natural crystals. They make for beautiful decorations in the alcoves I built with adjustable color lighting. My wife doesn't care for them. They all wind up thrown into a drawer not even wrapped. I didn't find the woman of my dreams. I'm sad.
That looks so nice!
Is the string inside the crystal? Is there an alternative to having that?
Yes. If you don't want it inside, you can let the seed crystal grow *onto* the string instead of tying a knot. Then you can pull it out after growing
how long can these crystals last? can i use them as a souvenir?
If exposed to dry air, they start turning white after a week, and eventually crumble after a year or so. To prevent this, you can coat them with a layer of nail polish.
They are water soluble
If you prevent outside moisture and air contact then infinitely long. There might appear some blemishes on the surface until the crystal equilibrates moisture with the environment, but then I expect it to stop further changing
it was copper sulphate my class used in high school chemistry. never did get to see my crystal. so much can happen in such a short time.
I started growing them in high school chem class too. My teacher actually let us take them home!
What does it taste like? The music is to much, ffw, then just finally mute it.
Can you add something to your ah, "mix" to give the crystal a more green - blue color?
Add iron sulfate, which is green! Then copper-iron sulfate crystals will grow, which are indeed blue-green :)
Can you grow it in a mold, so it can have the shape you want?
What happens to it’s integrity once the fishing line decomposes?
Forbidden Jello is the best flavor!
This reminds me of steven universe because of lapis she's my second favorite character my favorite character is spinel
Whats neat is the crystals at bottom of seeded 1st crash are large like the seed
Ikr, and those can be used as seeds too
Nice work.
Does playing the piano for several weeks straight help?
Don't expose my secret
Thank you!
Goood, now grow it even bigger
Yum! Blueberry candy!
Neat, really neat; all of it. 👍🏼
How long will that last on a shelf in the living room?
Depends on how dry the air is at your place. If the air is relatively humid, possibly years. If the air is dry, the surface will start turning white within a few days, unless you protect it with some kind of varnish or nail polish.
@ really? Ha! I thought humidity would be the enemy. Thanks 🙏
That is so cool!
Forbidden jello.....😋
Very cool!... subbed here.
This is how a chemist gardens
When you're moving the crystals into a new beaker.. Is that water hot? All I get is the icing around my beaker no proper crystal forming 😭
The solution should always be at room temperature when putting a crystal inside.
If you get icing but no crystals forming, trying 1) filtering the solution into a new container, and 2) dropping some copper sulfate powder into the solution. If the solution is concentrated enough, the powder should start to form crystals within 1 day. If the powder dissolves instead, that means the solution is too dilute.
Send a chunk of that to the guy that makes custom D20s.
beautiful😊😊😊
Could these crystals grow in heavy water?
Yeah Mr. White! Yeah science!
Oh on Metabeelis 3, right?
Hi, do you know the approximate hardness of such crystals?
2-3 on the Mohs scale
would it be possible to do it without the nylon-string?
maybe impale it a bit with a bigger Thumbtack so it could grow without smth in it
2 methods: 1) Grow it at the bottom of the container. The crystal will be flat on one side though. 2) Let the seed crystal form on the string itself, instead of tying the knot. Thus, you can pull the string out once you've finished growing it.
@@the_crystalverse ah ok!
got another stupid question: would it be possible to grow a large but very thin crystal? like some sort of "natural glaswindow"? ^^
It's possible for other compounds such as Mohr's salt (pale green) and potassium ferricyanide (red).
You need to mount this on the top of a Wizards staff
Would these be considered real or fake crystals?
Depends how you look at it. They are synthetic, but made of the same "stuff" as the natural mineral chalcanthite on a chemical level.
What’s the hardness of those crystals?
Can't be very very hard at all given they are water soluble and toxic.
Can you please drop names or links of equipment of everything you used or use?
Will do!
Incredible
Blue tiberium? Just kidding. ;-)
Well done. :-)
If only someone told me I could GROW my own tiberium as a kid
"forbidden jello" 😂
My son’s crystals still growing after 7 years…now 25 cm long
I use it to etch zinc plates instead of nitric acid.
A lot easier than going to Metebelis III.
What happens if I use an epsom salt crystal as a seed in a copper sulfate solution?
It will dissolve, as the solution isn't saturated in terms of Epsom salt
ill give 20 gold for this unnenchanted crystal
The unit cell is triclinic
Awesome.
Really nice! 😮😊
Thanks!
@@the_crystalverse looking forward to your next videos!
Next week :)
For approx how much time, the crystal s will be in shape and shiny after formation?
It depends on the environment. If the air very dry, it will turn white in a few days. If it's humid, or kept in an airtight container, it can stay shiny for years
You can coat it with fingernail polish
Cool!
Jessie Pinkman 😂
Very cool… 😎
A CHAOS EMERALD!?!?!?!