Crystal Glasses Safety

I am mentoring a 5th grade student and I am helping him doing a science fair project on crystals in which we grow borax, salt, and baking soda crystals and see what grows the best.

We are using plastic containers (for safety) and I notice the crystals really like the plastic as I figured and so I am growing him a really large crystal in a glass container to bring to class. I have had success with letting it sit at room temperature and crystallizing as big as possible then taking it out and resaturating the solution and continuing this process, however, is there any sort of coating I could use to prevent so much buildup of crystals on the glass wall? I have a BS in chemistry but the recrystallizations I have done never required this.

Failing sylation, you could try and seed crystal growth with a pure crystals such that your crystals will originate from the site of nucleation.

2008-04-22 06:37:05 by ScienceNut

www.castleofcrystal.com The Guide to Crystal Wine Glasses When we hear crystal wine glasses, we immediately think about celebrations, fine dining ...

i need to transport around 20 baskets of marriage gifts. all gifts are fragile, glass, crystals, gypsums, etc.
what is the best way, considering the cost and the safety of the gifts?

thank you.

Foam and bubble wrap. Wrap the items in bubble wrap and pack them in foam. Should withstand the trip. Be sure to write fragile on the boxes. Good luck.

2008-06-22 12:59:08 by Mohammad

(safety question)

I REALLY like the flavour of this tea, but I know it's largely used therapeutically. Is it safe to drink several glasses on a daily and ongoing basis?

For the record, I have trouble drinking enough water, because it makes me feel nauseous, and gives me reflux, especially when drunk on an empty stomach. I'm looking for an alternative to plain water.

I've been using PURE cranberry juice very diluted in water, but it's just too costly at $13 per bottle every 5-7 days. I've also added effervescent flavoured vitamin C tablet which is also nice, but too expensive.

I don't want to use something like Crystal Light because of the additives. I figured a herbal tea would be a nice alternative and would like something with its own "sweetish" flavour without having add sugar, sweetener, or honey, etc. Can't drink mint tea unless it's very weak and ideally in a blend, as it give me acid reflux (and the menthol effect makes me sneeze!) :)

TIA!

You like the flavor, huh? That is different. It is recommended to drink four cups daily for yeast overgrowth. So you can drink at least that much with no problems. Pau d' Arco is one of the herbs that you can take on a regular basis.. It is most often used for viruses, skin conditions, and as a blood cleanser.

2008-09-26 21:42:31 by Linda C

Filters blue light which can cause eye fatigue
Crystal Brown Frame
Meets ANSI Z87 2010

Three guys go into a bar: a guy from Dallas, a guy from San Francisco, and a guy from Boulder. They drank and got a little rowdy. Suddenly, completely without warning, the Texan grabbed a bottle of tequila, unscrewed the top, took a good swig, and threw the bottle into the air. He then jerked a Colt .45 pistol out of his pocket and shot the bottle, spraying tequila all over everything and everybody.
The patrons at the bar shouted, "Hey, bud, why'd you waste that tequila?"

The Texan said, "Heck, it's just tequila. Us Texans go across the border all the time and get all the tequila we want."

Not to be outdone, the Californian whipped out a corkscrew and uncorked a bottle of wine. He poured some into a glass, swirled it, sniffed, commented on the tart insolence of its bouquet, sipped, tossed the bottle in the air, nicked it with a round from a silly little chrome-plated pistol, and showered a couple of patrons at the bar with wine.

The patrons, upset by the casual waste and general lack of concern for their safety, expressed their displeasure and astonishment, to which the Californian replied, "Well, I'm from Napa Valley, and we have more than enough wine where I come from."

The Boulderite, a quiet observer up to this point, touched the crystal hanging from his neck, adjusted his Birkenstocks, flipped back his ponytail, put down his guitar, and borrowed a bottle opener from the bartender. He popped the top off a bottle of Fat Tire beer, hammered it back, threw the empty bottle into the air, pulled a 9mm Beretta, took careful aim, shot both the Californian and the Texan, and caught the falling bottle.

The patrons screamed in utter disbelief, "Why'd you do that?"

The Boulderite replied, "I'm from Colorado. We've already got too many Texans and way too many Californians, but glass bottles, now those can be recycled!"

DC - Dude,
I hate to break it to you... but that joke has been around since Christ was in short pants.
And it has been reworked more often than the street-walker down on 9th and Cass.
If I had a nickel for every time I heard this joke with a different ending I'd be living on Easy Street instead of Poverty Row.

But I've never heard it opened up "Three Americans in a bar..."
It was always just three different guys... like - "this Texan, Mexican and Frenchman... or - Doctor, Lawyer & Indian Chief... or... whatever.
So that part is different. Okay, have a great day... and please come up with something better - please!
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2007-10-22 15:15:34 by DC

You see from my previous question about that other book if you've seen it was missing the second book unfortuantly. Remember I'm only in seventh grade so don't get your hopes up for the bestest thing in the entire world. So here is part of the first chapter not done yet and it's kind of long so again brace yourselves...

Skylar Jackson - Secret Runaway

“C’mon Josh I’ve got to show you what I found,” I yell at my friend. Josh comes hesitantly into the forest behind me and says, “Are you sure we should be out here? I mean if we don’t get back to the orphanage by eight we’re going to be in big trouble.” I stop and turn around and ask, “Why are you worried about getting caught? We’ll be fine unless you’re too scared to keep going. Well, are you?” “I’m not afraid I was just concerned about your safety Jenny.” I put my hands on my hips and reply, “Uh-huh, sure…anyway c’mon or we won’t be there in time.”
I turn around and start running the other way with Josh close on my heels. I start running to the heart of the forest straight ahead. My name is Jenny Tanner and I’m twelve years old going to be thirteen tomorrow. My friend Josh is only two days older than me, but he’s a major scared-out-of-my-mind kind of guy, but I like him. He’s about the most daring guy I have ever met, but he really needs a push to get him going. We’re in the seventh grade and we always wanted to be spies so we had other names when we pretend we’re spies on a secret mission.
That’s like what we’re doing now; running away from the villains through the forest to our new secret base in the heart of the woods. We skid to a stop in front of an abandoned house. The roof has ratty old windows and the shingles rustled in the breeze. It’s made of complete wood with dead termites living in the wood. I start walking up to the house with my ratty faded jeans, dirty white shirt, and bare feet in all. Josh follows me with the same attire, but he was able to afford shoes so he had some torn up shoes with holes in them. If I didn’t mention it before then I’m mentioning it now we live in an orphanage in Crowley, Tennessee; we ride horses because our orphanage lady lives on a horse ranch.
There are only ten of us and she has eleven horses so we each have one of our own. Nobody ever comes in so the horses are technically ours. My horses name is Freedom and she is a black pure-breed Arabian with stunning light blue eyes. Anyway, I open the door to the old house and we walk into the open living room. Everything was covered in white except for a door straight ahead. I start running toward the door with Josh yelling, “Hey! Wait for me!” I stop in front of the door and open it; it creaks open and in the center of the room is a glass orb on a table with a skeleton woman dressed in super fancy attire like she was at a ball or something.
A chair is situated right across from her; Josh doesn’t follow me in. Actually the door creeps close like something is going to happen to me. I take a seat across from her and look into her crystal orb and I see me riding on Freedom away from the orphanage, but it’s not me because the girl has long straight white hair flowing in the breeze with electrifying blue eyes. She has a new pair of dark blue jeans and a short sleeved black shirt with black Vans on almost completely blending in with her stallion. She looks completely different from me, but I notice a slight resemblance in her body frame. Her face doesn’t even look like mine; she has a heart shaped face with almond shaped eyes. I have short ratty brown hair with brown eyes which is pretty much half the entire town. By the way it’s a small town. She’s absolutely beautiful, but then I notice people pursuing her from behind, but she’s losing them.
The image is covered with mist and then disappears. I hear someone clear their throat and I look up to see the mummy is now a breathing human being. I just about screamed when she covers my mouth and some kind of green smoke enters my mouth and my features start changing to the female inside the orb. My ragged short boy hair style straitens and grows all the way down to my knees. My bangs cover my entire forehead all the way to the top of my eyebrows. I can feel my eye color change to electrifying blue and my face features swiftly transforming to a soft heart-shaped face with almond eyes.
My clothing already changed and my hair shimmers to the color white; like snow white. I didn’t notice the girl’s nails, but my nails grow to about a ½ inch from my nub and turn blood red. She removes her hand and all my fears disappear. “You are now cursed with a terrible fate until true love’s kiss shall break your slate. You will runaway in fear for your death could be near. Travel the country far and wide to meet a drastic slip and slide. Your dreams will come true in the end for your life depends on certain amends.”
She sits back up and I see her transform back into a mummy. I understood every single word she said. I have a curse th

wow. it's good.
Not all your story came up though :P

2009-05-12 23:12:29 by Tierce