Growing Crystals  
                   Beginning Crystallography
    Cochise College   

  Virtual Geology Museum     Hall of Minerals     
    Geology Home Page               

    Roger Weller, geology instructor ( wellerr@cochise.edu )
    last edited: 1/15/10   

 
   introduction



   what is a crystal?



   how crystals form



   materials needed


  
   experiments
    experiment #1-growing alum crystals
 

   

   experiment #2-growing salt crystals

  

   experiment #3-growing copper sulfate crystals   

     

   experiment #4-growing mono ammonium phosphate crystals

  


experiment #5-growing sugar crystals

  
 
   recipes for growing crystals:
        links for crystal growing recipes

   crystallography
       potato crystallography-part 1-crystal symmetry  

       potato crystallography-part 2-crystal systems



       potato crystallography-part 3-crystal shapes



   crystallography links

   potential science fair projects

   commercial applications of growing crystals