[Rockhounds] Bismuth

[Tim Jokela Jr.]

I seem to recall that this was once discussed at length on the list, but the 
dusty halls of my memory aren't yielding a lot of clues.

Surely the holy grail of crystal growers, I'm surprised the process has yet 
to be clearly detailed somewhere online.

I have one of these bismuth clusters on the base it was grown upon; a zinc 
plate with a screw through the middle. So that suggests he's floating the 
zinc plat atop the bismuth melt, and crystallization starts on the screw.

If I can find a source of Bi here in the great white north, I'll give this a 
shot this winter and see if I can figure it out.

That United Nuclear is an amazing site, shame they can't ship outside the 
US.

Cheers,

T


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Axel Emmermann" <axel.emmermann at pandora.be>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 5:24 AM
Subject: RE: [Rockhounds] Bismuth


> http://www.crystalgrowing.com/index_e.htm
>
> http://www.unitednuclear.com/crystals.htm
>
> Cheers
>
> Axel
>
>
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>> Van: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com
>> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] Namens Glenn Wimpee
>> Verzonden: dinsdag 12 augustus 2008 4:01
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>> Onderwerp: RE: [Rockhounds] Bismuth
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>> Anyone answer this?
>> Glenn
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>> > Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:11:15 -0400> From:
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>> > To: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com> Subject: [Rockhounds]
>> Bismuth> > Hi
>> > everybody can anybody give me some tips how to grow the Bismuth
>> > crystals like how long do you let the Bismuth cool when it
>> is melted
>> > before you poor it into another stainless pot to get the up right
>> > standing crystals I am new in doing this any help would be great
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