Learning Resources Gemology Crystal Lab, STEM Science Kit for Kids, Ages 4+

This is good for all ages but ideal for the younger child. My daughter who is 3 loves weighing the cubes and also loves Weighing water.Comes with great instructions and care advice.

Excellent A*

A good little STARTER set to experiment making your own synthetic crystals.There is one BIG proviso:You have to supply all the ingredients yourself.You will need table salt, vegetable oil, food colouring, soil, epsom salts and of course, water. Some of these are household items, others are things which you would need to buy separately, making this set considerably more costly.Our little one attempted some of the experiments in the set, we didn't have all the ingredients for all the different tasks to hand.There is a long waiting time between preparing the different crystals and the completion. This left our little one a little bored by the process and anxious for the end time.In any case, the results aren't as fascinating as cracking open real, natural geodes which we've bought from Amazon in the past. Those were truly mesmerising. Our older son took those open geodes to school for show and tell and also purchased a few more smaller sets of the same, to hand out as birthday gifts.Considering the price is so similar between the two sets - if you take all the additionals you would need to buy for this set to make your own. Us it really worth getting this over a real set? Depends how fascinated your little ones are in manufacturing synthetic crystals.The results of the crystals in this set were mixed, some better than others, all quite unstable. They also dissolve in water, just like sugar and salt crystals.3 stars - would have been 4. But we have purchased a better ALL INCLUSIVE home crystal making set before, which was cheaper.

This kit is fine but my kids get bored quickly, also it is a bit messy

My son loves it! Its an amaizing set of gemology.Suitable for kids over 4 years old. And set coming with the clear instruction.For that price definetly worth to buy it.Its also can be a perfect gift.

A great gem learning kit great for kids to learn about gemology and make theor own gems too. Was a great and fun way for my daughter to have fun and learn about gems.

Both myself and my children were excited to receive this gemology experiment kit and it looked promising, there are lots of nice, good quality pieces and a nice looking instruction book that gives several different experiments inside. This is where the problem starts- not everything that you need is included in the set. They are fairly basic ingredients that you need- flour, salt, vegetable oil as well as Epsom salts that I expect most households don’t have. I understand that they wouldn’t be able to include these food items easily but it would be nice to have a bit of forewarning so that you can get to the shops before hand.We started on the first experiment in the book and we were excited to make “gem stones” we soon realised that the experiment was making what was in effect, playdoh, and then cutting out gem shapes with it. This in itself was a little disappointing, and what was more disappointing was that the recipe for it was totally wrong, it was far too watery, so we ended up adding a lot more flour and salt. I read through the other experiments and thought that they will end up being just as disappointing. A younger child would probably appreciate this.

This is a review for Learning Resources LER2950 GEMOLOGY Crystal LAB, MultiThis is a really nice crystal making set. Included is 2 grow chambers, 2 experiment hooks, 1 hammer, 1 chisel, 4 gems, 3 stampers, 4 two-piece play geodes, 1 beaker, 1 magnifying glass and an experiment book.The book gives you 5 easy experiments to create but you have to use ingredients that you either buy yourself or have already. This set doesn't come with the ingredients provided, which is a shame really, especially for the price of the set. You will need table salt, vegetable oil, food colouring, soil, epsom salts and water. Some of these are household items, others are things which you would need to buy separately, this will all add onto the overall cost after buying the set.However, we have had some fun creating and exploring these and feel it has been a good experience for the kids.