Making Opals from Dirt

Moje biurko E7 Plus od FlexiSpot - https://bit.ly/4jnyQiL Oferty FlexiSpot - https://bit.ly/4lhZJ9D In this video I grow opals in my parent's garage by experiencing hell with silicon tetrachloride, making TEOS, and playing Sherlock Holmes to find a good procedure for opal production while synthesizing rare tar and having my Dad build me a cute little centrifuge. If you enjoyed the video consider liking it, sharing it with a friend, and subscribing to my channel - I would really appreciate that :) If you want to further support my work and watch exclusive content here's my Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/AmateurChemistry Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amateurchemistry_/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@amateur.chemistry Here's the main paper I reference throughout the video - https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11051-016-3691-8.pdf Also, excuse me for my poor speaking, English is not my native language so I have some trouble with pronunciation, in case you don't understand something there are always subtitles made by me. 0:00 Intro 5:39 Making TEOS (Tetraethyl orthosilicate) 21:23 Figuring out how to make silica nanospheres and opal 34:21 Making dirt opals for real this time 40:50 Upgrading the opals using alcohol 48:10 Outro #FlexiSpotPL #chemistry #experiment #beautiful #demonstration #science #interesting #cool #reaction #opal #gemstone #silicon #sand #dirt