HomeGrown Iridescent Bismuth Metal Crystals

okay here we go welcome to the crystal collector today we're going to be melting this metal called bismuth it's a pure metal just like you're seeing here we ordered this online last time from about a year ago you can see a video where i use 10 pounds this one chunk is 15 pounds and all together we've got 75 pounds of this stuff to turn into some awesome iridescent bismuth crystals let's check it out get her done stick around and you're going to see all of these made in this video is epic watching this bismuth metal melt and then form into these crystals what so in order to be able to melt this bismuth metal we're using propane and i got this huge deep fryer so what we're going to be doing is using this fried cooker to melt the bismuth i'm not sure how long it's going to take to melt 75 pounds but let's get her done so i've got 10 pounds of business from the last video i'm going to put it in as well we can reuse it all right it's a little bit chilly today and while this is heating up 666 has got us taken care of be sure to check out that link in the description you're going to want to skim off the top part after it's all melted down the slag and get that material off it floats to the top so it's pretty easy but you really got to get every bit of that out of there so you can see here the entire thing we've got is melted up now we just need to wait i'm gonna put on these safety glasses because we're dealing with hot metal it's almost like lava it took almost an hour for this stuff to uh melt so maybe like 20 minutes we're gonna let it cool down and the longer it cools these crystals just start growing from the top and the outside and go inward so you don't want to let it completely cool down without doing something because then you'll just have a huge thing of uh pure bismuth again so what we've got to do is just kind of guesstimate when those crystals are forming and when we're gonna pull them out and that is the beauty of the magic knife these bismuth crystals nice look at that so you guys be sure to hit that subscribe button and turn those notification bells on and also wear your safety gear so if you're curious to i've got this brick around the border it's actually to keep it insulated because the slower you can get this bismuth to cool the bigger the crystals will get all right guys it's been like 45 minutes but we are using 75 pounds of bismuth yep now watch the change of colors as it cools look at that it's gonna be a nice purple okay here we go [Music] look at that [Music] [Laughter] cool look at that i'm just gonna well i can probably hold it tilt it up just a hair switch it around look at that oh the color change is epic okay so this is gonna be a good batch here all right we're ready for another one come on out here oh yeah look at that oh nice going from pink to purples look at the blue on that one oh sweet okay i gotta get this one out here we go ready oh let me set it down come check it out as that color changes get this thing unstuck real quick while it's still warm oh kind of there we go sweet so already we're starting to pull them out getting them left and right okay here we go ready yep there's one oh i dropped that one oh man can't drop them it's really hard i've got to get some better equipment than these tweezers all right here we go let's try not to drop this thing where's maya here we go all right did you only get one chance with these oh i just grabbed it went with it we dropped one but looking pretty cool look at that color change nice and purple go into a blue [Music] man what this one this piece dropped on the ground that's not bad it's not bad at all look at that not bad that's the one that dropped to the ground this one having more of a golden look with a few colors as well just pulled out a bunch of cool small ones this is oh this always is i'm so nervous gonna have to pull okay you know just just in case oh how is it oh it's okay it's okay not bad not bad kind of weird maybe a little weird pulling it up from straight up like that i don't know if that's a good idea but kind of cool we get the color change all right we'll take that probably have a few smalls to pull out still oh that's pretty cool not bad yeah that'll pull right off look that's just like a flake nice so we're starting to figure it out here oh nice killer oh i dropped it that's all right that's our main one there okay here we go here we go okay always nervous doing this part but you just gotta grab it and go with it oh not bad we've got a couple good ones here we're still getting this effect i can't figure it out why some are doing that and why some aren't but that's still pretty cool we'll take it getting her done look at that oh look in there oh look at the change of colors as it cools that is awesome now it's going more of a blue color [Music] apparently these are going to be pretty big yep oh man they're falling back in there [Music] oh if i can get this this will be good oh i dropped it all right i'm still okay look at that okay let's just go and go we gotta get this big one out it's gonna be huge oh oh that's the best yet look at that look at that check out the color change it's showing it all yeah got a good shot nice here it is after it's cooled down and gained its permanent coloring beautiful [Music] oh yeah sort of i kind of put it right in the center of it [Music] it's got the mark [Music] that was the one that i really thought i completely ruined i dropped it but apparently what i'm finding out you guys if you can keep the heat going just the tiniest bit to where it starts to cool from the top but it still stays warm a little bit you don't get the sloshy look i think that was my error earlier look at these oh man so we're starting to get the hang of it i would say so nice okay here we go [Music] nice let's take it over here maybe if i can just yep there we go this one i don't want it to touch that one so yeah let's go ahead oh my gosh oh look at this oh can you see this look at that awesome hopper form i don't know i'd say we go ahead and pull it oh nice oh nice cool i might just have to slide it off yeah there we go it's turning like a meat purple so there it is cool down with the right temperature showing those awesome colors okay here we go oh look at that oh my goodness that's the best yet color change that's it oh wow oh it's my crap it's gonna crack i might have did that just now but i don't know that's okay that's still two am i harder pieces yeah it's gonna it'll go ahead and crack off but we'll let it let it uh that's still nice here are the two pieces look at that that one really raised up beautifully i mean these formations look like they're from outer space and here's the other half a little more flat but still cool all right those are good those are pretty big let's go ahead and pull ready here we go oh nice nice look at that we'll just leave it let's see if i can get it off of here without putting any stress on at the bottom there we go a little sloshy but pretty good so this one turned out very nice so i'd say by the end of the day i've gotten to start to figure these things out pretty fun just be sure if you're going to try this at home to where all that safety equipment you guys at the end of the day we did very well the more i pulled these things out and spent time experimenting and messing around the better the crystals got every now and then i'd have a weird batch but the good thing is you can just keep trying it over and over i mean look at these what they're called hopper crystals the way they form and after doing it a while i think they really form pretty quick i mean look at this one this is one of my favorites i mean wow i believe it as the night went on the bat started to get lower in the pot and they got a little bit kind of like this one it didn't get as good i didn't have a picture of a video this one being pulled but you can see just still awesome this one i actually dropped back in and then it attached i let it sit there a while and all the crystals attached to this little thin layer there really neat it's really fun like i say if you're going to try this at home please be careful this is super hot metal even these small ones look at that beautiful formations ended up getting tons of these small ones they're really cool we'll be adding lots of these as bonuses in the ebay store check the link in the description and the facebook page check them out guys appreciate it thanks for the support and speaking of support this one looking like a christmas tree will be given away on the facebook supporters page also link in the description thanks for watching to the very end you guys are what make all of this happen and it's much appreciated

Channel: The Crystal Collector

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Length: 16min 43sec (1003 seconds)

Published: Sat Jan 30 2021