Crystalverse
crystalverse.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2021
Crystalverse gives step-by-step guides for growing crystals at home from salt, copper sulfate, alum, and other materials.
What HN saysHN commenters praise it as detailed, non-clickbait instructional writing on a niche subject and recommend its copper sulfate and alum guides.
15HN people shared it
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Most-shared posts
- 1How to grow sodium chloride crystals at home6 people · 1.3K points · first shared 2021 · 180 comments on HN
- 2Turning scrap copper into beautiful crystals2 people · 313 points · first shared 2022 · 41 comments on HN
- 3How to Easily Make Your Own Pyramid Salt Crystals2 people · 4 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 4Best way to grow copper sulfate crystals2 people · first shared 2021
- 5How to grow green potassium ferrioxalate crystals from iron rust1 people · 190 points · first shared 2022 · 34 comments on HN
- 6How to grow crystals at home with fertilizer1 people · 119 points · first shared 2022 · 22 comments on HN
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- 8Growing Epsom salt crystals at home1 people · 1 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 9How to grow blood red potassium ferricyanide crystals1 people · 1 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 10Grow alum crystals at home1 people · first shared 2022
- 11Growing copper sulfate crystals extended guide1 people · first shared 2021
What HN people wrote when they linked it
voldacar · 2021-11-18
The rest of the content on this website is simply amazing. I'm so glad stuff like this is still out there on the internet. Nothing clickbaity or exploitative, just really detailed instructional knowledge on an interesting niche subject.
Check out his copper sulfate crystals if you want something really visually impressive: https://crystalverse.com/best-way-to-grow-copper-sulfate-crystals/
chasil · 2026-04-15
Maybe try copper sulphate?
https://crystalverse.com/best-way-to-grow-copper-sulfate-crystals/
Crystal growth has been on here before. Let me see if I can find a link or two...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31105320
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30487511
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29779923
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29255511
__MatrixMan__ · 2024-05-15
I've been offered a "lump" of sugar before, and it was not a single sugar crystal. When I hear "large grain of salt" I imagine something like this https://crystalverse.com/sodium-chloride-crystals/, quite different than a lump.
pavel_lishin · 2022-01-04
Rad! He also shows how to grow beautiful crystals that are safe to work on with your kids: https://crystalverse.com/grow-alum-crystals-at-home/
kunalpowar1203 · 2021-11-18
Never mind. You already have it. https://crystalverse.com/growing-copper-sulfate-crystals-extended-guid… :)
hansjorg · 2021-11-17
There's a section about pyramids in the article: https://crystalverse.com/sodium-chloride-crystals/#saltpyramids
sandreas · 2023-12-20
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