u/Sir_Chew

Image 1 — 2 Weeks into my 1st trial with growing Synthetic Azurite.
Image 2 — 2 Weeks into my 1st trial with growing Synthetic Azurite.
Image 3 — 2 Weeks into my 1st trial with growing Synthetic Azurite.
Image 4 — 2 Weeks into my 1st trial with growing Synthetic Azurite.

2 Weeks into my 1st trial with growing Synthetic Azurite.

I learned you could grow synthetic azurite, so I learned as much as I could and wanted to experiment with it myself. I tested a few different methods and recipes that seemed promising and it seems to work well so far. I think the azurite is looking awesome already! It's chemically the same as azurite, but lacks the millions of years of compression and layers haha I just fast forward that process somewhat.

So I'm two weeks into my month long experiment and I have these 2 test pieces cooking. I just refueled the process 2 weeks in so it can last the whole 4 weeks without the reaction weakening. So here is my Basic Copper Carbonate, Azurite. Just thought it was really interesting both chemically and geologically to see a fast forward creation and wanted to show you all.

These pictures are through the clear plastic layer of the container lid and a light shining in. So I apologize if they aren't as good of photos as they should be, but I didn't want to open the lid totally up and slow down the reaction.

Also anyone in the comments, if I am incorrect of any of my information please feel free to correct me. I'm still learning this all and would hate to spread false information if I happened to do so.

Also to add, not growing this to sell or anything, I just legitimately wanted to try it out, because of how interesting it is to me, see how it turned out.

u/Sir_Chew — 12 days ago
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2 Weeks Into My 1st Trial Run For Growing Synthetic Azurite.

I learned you could grow synthetic azurite, so I learned as much as I could and wanted to experiment with it myself. I tested a few different methods and recipes that seemed promising and it seems to work well so far. I think the azurite is looking awesome already! It's chemically the same as azurite, but lacks the millions of years of compression and layers haha I just fast forward that process somewhat.

So I'm two weeks into my month long experiment and I have these 2 test pieces cooking at the same time right now. I just refueled the process 2 weeks in so it can last the whole 4 weeks without the reaction weakening. So here is my Basic Copper Carbonate, Azurite. Just thought it was really interesting both chemically and geologically to see a fast forward creation and wanted to show you all.

These pictures are through the clear plastic layer of the container lid and a light shining in. So I apologize if they aren't as good of photos as they should be, but I didn't want to open the lid totally up and slow down the reaction.

Also anyone in the comments, if I am incorrect of any of my information please feel free to correct me. I'm still learning this all and would hate to spread false information if I happened to do so.

Also to add, not growing this to sell or anything, I just legitimately wanted to try it out, because of how interesting it is to me, see how it turned out.

u/Sir_Chew — 12 days ago

2 Weeks into my 1st trial with growing Synthetic Azurite.

I learned you could grow synthetic azurite, so I learned as much as I could and wanted to experiment with it myself. I tested a few different methods and recipes that seemed promising and it seems to work well so far. I think the azurite is looking awesome already! It's chemically the same as azurite, but lacks the millions of years of compression and layers haha I just fast forward that process somewhat.

So I'm two weeks into my month long experiment and I have these 2 test pieces cooking. I just refueled the process 2 weeks in so it can last the whole 4 weeks without the reaction weakening. So here is my Basic Copper Carbonate, Azurite. Just thought it was really interesting both chemically and geologically to see a fast forward creation and wanted to show you all.

These pictures are through the clear plastic layer of the container lid and a light shining in. So I apologize if they aren't as good of photos as they should be, but I didn't want to open the lid totally up and slow down the reaction.

Also anyone in the comments, if I am incorrect of any of my information please feel free to correct me. I'm still learning this all and would hate to spread false information if I happened to do so.

Also to add, not growing this to sell or anything, I just legitimately wanted to try it out, because of how interesting it is to me, see how it turned out.

u/Sir_Chew — 12 days ago