/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Take them to a lapidary...? Polish them? Leave them as is and make necklaces?
I've got no idea what the market wants.

Get a buddy and charge em up

>>1115707
my gems and minerals are not for sale.

I'm talking about science and medicine.

earlier today I proved to myself that two crystals alone can start a fire in the dark, so I want more stuff like that.

I'm not adverse to healing or meditative arrays and stuff like that. I have a lot of room to work with in a comfortable environment.

So lay it on me broh! What /x/ related can I do with my crystals?

>>1115714
please elaborate..., but I don't have any friends into this kind of shit.

>>1115716
Pics or it didn't happen

>>1115718
you want a picture of Triboluminesance?

I was all, I thought we already had a Project Penor thread.

>>1115727
no relation. link?

>>1115729
>>1115727
NVM...I found it myself. be careful for asshole splinters.

>>1115730
and I already said I'm not up for suppositories.

>>1115705
Are they quartz?

Build a piezoelectric taser from a mousetrap or something.

>>1115716
Hoe the fuck u start that fire. "Quit yanking our penises Freddy."

>>1115717
it's traditional to use craigslist

>>1115716
>I'm talking about science and medicine.

well, science, I'm sure you can put a display of geological growth patterns and planes of fracture, etc in the examples. lineal cleavage plane in graphite and mica, tetrahedral crystal formation in diamond, hexahedral formation in quartzite crystals.

you might be able to use a few for light diffraction for demonstrations of 16-17th Century Opticks, in the style of Newton.

Medicine? Ah. well, if you think that crystals actually DO anything, then you're a fucking retard. take then and stick them in a display of Bullshit woo, with reiki aura healing, astrology, homeopathy, and faith healing.

>>1115705
>Science or medicine.

Unless your a steampunk fag who likes recreating shit from 300 years ago they are useless. And if you honestly think they have literally any medical application your are retarded. They are rocks, mildly interesting geologically, but past that just rocks.

>>1115934
>They are rocks, mildly interesting geologically, but past that just rocks.
They're minerals. Jesus, Anon.
But seriously. Once you start thinking about the structures, how they come to be and about the timespanns on which these things operate it is actually pretty facinating.

>>1115893
You smash quarz crystals together and they produce tiny sparks of electricity

>>1115985
>But seriously. Once you start thinking about the structures, how they come to be and about the timespanns on which these things operate it is actually pretty facinating.

he might not have that much imagination, or curiosity, or whatever.

when I look at your pic-related, I fucking marvel at the perfect right angled sides. Someone well versed in chemistry or physics might smile at that comment, or hopefully would want to talk about how and why it happens.

anyone who is not fascinated by the physical world is a mystery to me.

>>1115913
Thank you!

>>1116034
Last summer I did get a little manic about "gemstones" and was buying the little shits off eBay. But I'm over it now.

>>1115705
>supposition
Its going to be hard to find a suggestion in which no one supposes anything.
Although, if that's what you really want to read, I suppose that I oh shit you see what I mean? Good luck OP.

>>1116011

I've produced the sparks by striking two crystals together, and also with one crystal being struck on a flint-stick.

What I'd really like to see though is some kind of vibrating machine/speaker array which can make a crystal glow for longer than a couple seconds, like in Star Gate xD

>>1116097
those have a light bulb in the base

>>1116103
yes, I realize this. Essentially I want to create sparks inside a crystal.

>>1116097
>xD

>>1116034
>hopefully would want to talk about how and why it happens.

No idea for your cool shell as im no biologist, but as for why crystals have well-defined angles between their faces:
At the microscopic level, the crystal structure, which is made up of zillions of repetitions of the same building block(group of atoms) filling space, is symmetric. For example, if you fill up space with these building blocks, then rotate it by 90-degrees and the resulting structure is the same, the structure is 4-fold symmetric along the axis of rotation (like a square).

Now, when a crystal is growing some crystal faces grow faster than others, but since the underlying structure is symmetric, some of those faces are equivalent (like the faces of a cube), and grow at the same rate. Very soon the fastest-growing faces will outgrow the others and they will be all that remains, resulting in a symmetric pattern.

Finally, you may notice that there are only a few "special" angles (90 and 60/120) that seem to be favored when a crystal is symmetric (e.g. there are practically no 5-sided crystals). Turns out that for the building blocks to fill space without gaps, only 2-fold, 4-fold, and 6-fold symmetries work. Ofc there are also crystals with different angles. These are not symmetric. Yet, if their faces grow at similar rates, often you can tell the angles in the building block by looking at the angles between the faces

>>1115705
Crystals are so last century. We copper infusion naow.

>>1116034
Its cut like that...

Just make a bunch of quartz clocks and post them in the watch thread on /g

Sorry we're not porn stars anymore

>>1116244
I don't think you understand minerals. They grew like that

>>1115705
Cut with chisel/dremel and make inlay out of them. Guitar frets, box lid decorations, whatever.

>>1115913
Meh, of those I would buy that reiki might have something to it, because it seems similar to hypnosis, which has resulted in peer reviewed studies that show statistical increases in healing speed, reducing inflammation, and pain management that beat the placebo effect.

the reason why is bullshit, pretty much those and acupuncture etc are mostly about getting your subconscious to relax and stop being tense and fighting your damaged body.
Basically stigmata in reverse.

who do you think you are calling no "suppositories"

just make a crystal dildo for science medical and then we can all move on to the "actual" science

>>1115894
>tfw I understood that reference

>>1116399
because they are crystals, specific surface energy is different in different directions. Nucleation therefore tend to go for certain polyhedral shapes, it's thermodynamics/physical chemistry. Add some impurities for multiple nucleation centers and you get interesting shapes with lot's of edges and parallel sides.

>>1117278
surface energy? does this have something to do with kinetic friction?

>trinitite

>>1115726
Are you surprised that you run into skeptics? Did you not think, "wow, this is cool, better get some proof to show the anons!" Is asking for some proof of your crystal powers really that unreasonable?

>>1117849
Oh, did you just mean that you scraped then together to make a spark to light a fire? I was imagining something more fantastical

>>1116518
Ok, I am outing me as a /diy/ newfag but what is it with this board and its fixation of dildos?

>>1115705

Hey dude, /x/ here!

Are they mostly quartz?

Here is the instruction for crafting a ring meant to grant invisibility.

Plus, check here for more!

http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/anneaux.htm

Which colors of stone do you have, post more?

>>1119545

>>1115985
>>1116399
I told you the aliums were here...

>>1116034

>anyone who is not fascinated by the physical world is a mystery to me.

Same here.

Sometimes I just like to look at a random object in my room or something out my window and just marvel at the intricate processes and era-long waits it took to get it there.

Crystals and minerals are no exception.

>>1119001
> I am outing me as a /diy/ newfag

Sounds more like new to the internet and 4chan in general.

>>1119001
>what is it with this board and its fixation of dildos?

You don't like dildos?

What are you, some kinda faggot?

>>1119703

Well I've yet to perform properly a ritual that made me invisible but I've dabbled in some things that have been interesting.

Its fairly clear that SOMETHING is happening. I cant say what or why but there is either more than placebo here or there is more to placebo itself than we realize.

Anyway, OP, do you have any that are yellow?

Doesnt gotta be topaz, just yellow. Apatite? Sphalerite?

>>1115985
rocks are minerals too

OP here...

I'm not sure if to say "Kek" or just to never visit this thread again. Invisibility?

Do me a favor and "kek" off.

>>1117740
It has something to do with surface tension, though with solids it sounds weird. There is thermodynamic energy at phase boundaries (J/m^2 in dimensionally), for gas-liquid boundaries it's called surface tension. For solid-solution boundaries I don't know how it's called, but surface tension would sound weird.

>>1120539

If you're OP just post some more stones, otherwise you're trolling.

>>1115705
knap the quartz into an arrowhead and hunt wild beasts

>>1120539
I think you should be glad that this thread was not highjacked by SU fags the secound you posted it.

>>1121604
Yeah. A real shame

>>1115714
Hahahaha, someone needs to post that Craigslist ad.

>>1115716

Any advise on working with crystals?

>>1115716
Are you saying that two crystals were left alone in the dark and they started a fire? Can you elaborate on this please

>>1115717
the only thing you had to do was googling: crystal craigslist 4chan

>>1125205
...But why

Keep them exactly as unfinished as they are and make a sweet grille out of them

put them in your butt hippy

>>1116513
>Acupuncture
>Bullshit
Pick one

>>1127935
Let me guess
The chiropractor fixes the common cold too?

>>1127947
>Chronic liver infection
>Been to China traveling
>Met a doctor who proposed to treat me
>Accept acupuncture
>Never been sick from liver since

>>1127961
Damn, traditional chinese medicine must be great.

Should I go for the bear bile and ground up ivory drink, or should I go for the tiger penis and rhino horn one?

>>1127966
Oh yeah? Isn't anything wrong with your own culture? Stay humble. Accept learning somethings sometimes

>>1127972
Alternative medicine regardless of culture is trash.
If it worked, corporations would monetize the fuck out of it and it wouldnt be "alternative" anymore.

But if you want to bring culture into it, sure my culture has shit in it too.
Praying that my liver problems will go away is about as effective as acupuncture. At least its free.

>>1127966
>Stimulating nerves = consuming animal horn

>>1115716
Quartz produces a voltage when squeezed.
As do a few other crystals.

You can attempt to make a Quartz radio.

>>1128018
At least there is a possibility that there are some sort of proteins or nutrients in an animal horn to stop possibly your ailments.

If you were going to be open minded and believe one form of traditional chinese medicine, why would you throw the other out the window? Especially when its got a much better chance of working (albeit its almost nonexistent)

>>1127976
Wow. I suppose you won't hear about hypnosis?

>>1128047
Is hypnosis going to cure your fatty liver?

>>1128046
Cause not the same anon

>>1128049
Maybe ill cure cancer by taking up yoga, really gets the soft tissues warmed up and stimulated.

>>1128050
Not sure if stupid....

>>1128175
Go on and explain to everyone how poking nerves is going to fix a chronic infection problem to a major organ.

I figure if poking soft tissue with a needle works, why cant microtears from exercise and stretching do essentially the same thing?

If you have some concise, scientific, concrete proof of how and why it works then go ahead and give it to us.
If the yoga wont work im sure you can explain why one would work and why the other wouldnt.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_radio

>>1116117
This would rapidly deplete the crystal if it is even possible

>>1128276
interesting

>>1115716
>"earlier today I proved to myself that two crystals alone can start a fire in the dark"

WE WUZ WARLOCKS N SHEEIZ

>>1115760
they could also be used in electronic engineering as a crystal clock or timer or to create noise for a audio related purpose

Science > Magic

>>1128047
Tell us about hypnosis

>>1127961
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

>>1129498
Can you acupuncture with bismuth?

>>1128046
The US Government (army, national health services, insurances, etc) all recognize the benefits of acupuncture, though, not animal horn which typically has the same chemical makeup as regular human toenails.

You can put them and silicon or something and a bunch of copper and synthetic materials together that creates a fucking thing (can't remember the name) that makes negative ions into positive ions for no reason and put "good vibes" into a home or some shit like that.

Went and looked it up, it's called organite, some weird hippie shit you might be into OP.

>>1130306
>The US Government (army, national health services, insurances, etc) all recognize the benefits of acupuncture,

You mean the same benefits humans get from deep meditation or a massage?

Thats WAY less of a stretch than saying it cures your liver disease, or any other medical claims the snake oil salesman will tell you.

>>1130398
>You mean the same benefits humans get from deep meditation or a massage
No, government insurance doesn't cover meditation lessons or massage therapy, they prefer actual medicine and chiropractic therapy.

>>1129501
It would turn you into a 14 year old goth

>>1130795
kek

>>1115714
I was gonna tell him to grow his hands, but this works too.

>>1130782
Really?
Even though it explicitly says on the VA website acupuncture therapy is used as supplemental pain relief treatment? No talk at all about healing powers of any sort of diseases or illnesses?

It releases the same exact endorphins in the same exact manner as yoga or a massage, but somehow its different because its in an insurance policy? An insurance policy that is notorious for being shit and leaving disabled and hurt veterans to die.

Damn, I would have thought there would be a ton of empirical evidence for its effectiveness. I mean its been around 2500 years.

>they prefer actual medicine and chiropractic therapy.

Physical therapy and being a dirty chiropractor are two very different things.

>>1115726
Gesundheit.

Where did you get your crystals? Do you get them offline or do you have local mineral shows?

>>1115913
>geo boner

>>1115705
Who Jade Egg here?

You put the crystal in your cooter, its magical power makes you better in bed.
Get your own today, Gwyneth Paltrow says you should!

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Make a time machine, be sure to connect the jumper cables to your balls just like the manual says.

>>1130850

If you haven't found evidence, you haven't researched.
>Physical therapy and being a dirty chiropractor are two very different things.
Yea, that is what I am saying, one isn't covered by insurance and the other is legitimate.

>>1130866
>If you haven't found evidence, you haven't researched.

If you are going to try and convince someone that your liver disease was healed with acupuncture, the burden of proof is on you.
Saying its so because of an insurance policy doesnt work

>>1115705
you should really cleanse those with oregano, red roses and a good incense.

THEN work with it or you'll mess with their energies and that sucks bro.

good luck man i would do some dope penduloms with them

>>1130867
>Saying its so because of an insurance policy doesnt work
Why would insurance pay for it, if there is no chance of it working?

>be new to diy
>see number of replies in thread
>think im gonna get some tutorials on prepping quartz for jewelry, using it in wood carvings, or cool shit like that
> "so if I just think hard enough next to this quartz my cancer will go away"

Nope. take that retarded shit to /x/ with the rest of the reptilians.

>>1115716
This is a fun little trick with two crystals...

Put them together flat between your hands and just rub them together in a dark room.

OP do this with two of your crystals if you don't think they will break or anything.

Now imagine doing that in medieval times.

You are now a Wizard.

>>1131314
They pay for it as supplemental pain management.

If you are going to claim that it does anything more than release dopamine to relieve muscle pain, you are going to have to prove it.
The insurance example clearly doesnt.

Anybody that believes crystals have the ability to heal, or contain energy besides kinetic and potential, needs to kill themselves. You are no better than anyone who buys into Naturopathy and Homeopathy. Its the 21st century, stop being placebo fodder.

>>1131468
I think these are even worse the homeopathy, because there they at least have some plants and shit that theoretically could have some important nutrians or some shit.
Crystals only are a network of elements in a mostly non reactive state