Coal Flowers

6 ingredients
4 steps

Ingredients

  • 6 Tbsp. water
  • 6 Tbsp. salt
  • 6 Tbsp. bluing
  • 2 Tbsp. ammonia
  • 2 tsp. red ink
  • lump of coal

Directions

  1. 1
    Place a piece of coal in a deep glass dish.
  2. 2
    Pour the liquid around the coal, but not on it.
  3. 3
    Dot the coal with the red ink. Do not move the dish and coral-like crystals will soon appear and spread over the coal.
  4. 4
    They will grow to a height of about 1/2-inch in a sponge-like appearance and will last for weeks.

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