The Daily Populous Saturday April 18th, 2026 morning edition
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crystalchase21 on April 17th, 2026 at 11:13 UTC »

Monoammonium phosphate is a type of common fertilizer that gives plants nitrogen and phosphorus. It also forms very nice crystals. Since it is cheap and non-toxic, it is the main ingredient in many children's crystal growing kits.

This particular crystal took me 6 weeks to grow. Usually, these crystals are white, but in this case I added some food coloring to dye it orange. The crystal is shelf-stable. However, the spikes are quite brittle, and will break if you press on them.

If you're curious about how you can grow these crystals, here is a guide.

Hope you guys found it interesting.

auralcavalcade on April 17th, 2026 at 11:16 UTC »

Thank god it's not a kidney stone

Choice_Assumption_79 on April 17th, 2026 at 11:26 UTC »

Looks just like bone cancer