How to make a crystal

There is many ways to create a crystal. Here are a few ways to.
The Salt Crystal-easy
ingredients
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2 cups water
at least 1 cup salt
2 drops food coloring (optional)
Spoon
jar
Boil the water
When the water is boiled pour the it into a jar
Dissolve as much salt in the water as you can
Now, do 1 of the following
Put the jar in the freezer (uncovered) or put the jar in a sunny window uncovered
Notice that this would be the same with any other formula.
You could do this with anything you could dissolve in water.(like Borax)
here are a few references
http://chemistry.about.com/od/growingcrystals/Growing_Crystals.htm
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/growingcrystals/a/aa012604.htm
 
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