First though, we need to set the scene. Most of our crystals lie on our lawns. They get cleaned whenever it rains. We like arranging some of them into patterns occasionally, but normally they are left to their own devices. Here our some of them:
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If you zoom in a bit, you will see them more clearly.
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Bear in mind though, that they look much nicer in sunshine. At the moment they are just reflecting a rather dull cloud.
We arrange some of them into patterns. The 2 litre 7 up bottle is there to give an idea of scale.
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Up until now, our biggest glass specimens would be in this shape.
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However, today we found these two monster crystals:
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They are about 5 times the size of our previous biggest crystals.
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However, bigger is not always better. If you remember a while ago I did a blog about glass crystals (mine gypsum) and showed how cool they looked when held up to the sun. Well, the bigger crystals didn't let much light, so weren't that impressive. I imagine these two monsters will still look pretty opaque. However, they should reflect the light well, so perhaps they could go on some sort of plinth? I shall have to experiment, once I have given them a clean.
