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Anyone can grow their own crystals with just a few household chemicals. Photographer Jens Heidler<\/a> connected a Sony mirrorless camera to a Motic Panthera<\/a> microscope and recorded a number of fascinating time-lapse sequences showing how crystals grow. He grew the colorful crystals using a combination of beta-alanine, vitamin C, water, and isopropyl alcohol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anyone can grow their own crystals with just a few household chemicals. Photographer Jens Heidler connected a Sony mirrorless camera to a Motic Panthera microscope and recorded a number of fascinating time-lapse sequences showing how crystals grow. He grew the colorful crystals using a combination of beta-alanine, vitamin C, water, and isopropyl alcohol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":715749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4605,7095,2756,5431,116,804],"yoast_head":"\nGrowing Crystals from Vitamins and Supplements: A Macro Time-Lapse Video<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Anyone can grow their own crystals with just a few household chemicals. 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