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Book 27, Question 131

How can you make an eggshell geode?

Wash half an eggshell in hot soapy water with a grown-up, rinse it, and let it dry.

Then place it in an egg carton. A grown-up prepares a warm, strongly dissolved Epsom-salt or sugar solution and pours it into the shell. As the solution cools and slowly evaporates over a few days, crystals grow on the inside, a bit like a real geode. Wash your hands, keep it still, and do not eat it.

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