salt crystals

We grew salt crystals,
first we boiled them on the stove and then set
them in a window for 2 weeks.
The pictures are the progression of
the salt crystals we grew.

sugar crystals

sugar crystals

The crystals had formed by the next morning. They taste good.

Here are our orange and green rock candy experiments.

Some of Song's Rock Collection

 

This is a "Rhode' onit


    These are a few of Song's rocks from her collection. The first it called a "Rhode"onite. The second is an ice quarts, since we were talking about hardness, and the quarts are very hard. The third is a rose quarts, and there are tons of different types of quarts, by the way. The fourth is a hematite, since we were talking about streak marks, I read that it's streak mark is supposed to be red-ish, but since mine is polished, it has sealed it all together, so it won't drop anything to leave a streak mark. The last one, that's one of my favorite one; a tiger's eye; it's called a tiger's eye because if you look closely, there are sort of golden and black stripes, like in a tiger's eye.
 

This is a ice quarts


 


 

This is the Hematite, this picture is also a little dark, but it looks like a lot like iron


  

This is a tiger's eye, can you see the stripes? A real tiger's eye looks a lot like this, with very similar stripes



caterpillars and rocks...

We did get to see several caterpillars in our local area and photographed a couple as seen above. We also saw beautiful monarchs migrating South through our local area this past month. Our grandmother has a butterfly garden and it's beautiful to watch the monarchs land for a rest. We also attended a rock and mineral show this past month. Pictured above are some of the pics we took at the show. Eoghan loves collecting rocks and gems! - Orla and Eoghan

Crystals My Sister Gave Me - Ben K.

My sister, Olivia, went on a field trip to a Geology Museum. She bought these rocks for me in the gift shop, because she knew I was learning about crystals and rocks.

This is a White Quartz

This is an Iron Pyrite or
more commonly known as
"FOOLS GOLD"!