benzyme said:wonder if anyone has done a m.p. test on crystals...
what m.p. range has been noted?
I've noted 41 - 44 C.
Eliyahu said:This is crazy synronicity because I was just recently noticing that there seemed to be somthing about the diamond shaped crystals....
I got diamonds by slow evap re-exing using naptha..
Peace!
EDIT: I can't believe I never really noticed this thread until now.... it's really facinating..
The first logical questions I have, that come to mind are.....
assuming there is some type of "information" in the crystal
how does the molecule store information after the crystals have been crushed?
I don't need a scientific explanation but I just wonder where the information is stored so to speak?
CaptainFuture said:All this talk about energy being locked up in diamond crystals doesn't make sense.
Well, thats your opinion. There definitely is energy in crystals. F.e. piezo in quartz crystals. Guess why you're CPU works for you?
Not really, because these differently-rotated are only fixed in a crystal structure; in solution however you get all the possible combinations as the bonds are freely to rotate as they please.endlessness said:Can the differently-rotated bonds result in different binding to receptors and therefore changes in pharmacology?
In a way it is fun to speculate, but let us not forget that we are speculating over CaptenFuture's subjective, non-blind, non-controlled and biased reports that the diamond crystals provide a "different" experience. In a way we're mentally masturbating over poor, unconfirmed rumours.
kiang said:I didn't read the entire thread and dont't know if this was brought up to the conversation, but if I may add..
As a geologist, I learned that real diamonds are formed in high temperature and very high pressure locations underground the earths crust. Generally they are very pure materials based on the carbon element. The higher the purity, the higher the hardness and density of the crystal. Graphite as you know is also carbon but the molecular \ atom structure is not aligned in the optimal way for best hardness, but aligned good enough for it to be stable at the temperature and pressure where it was formed. Diamonds at normal pressure and temperature are not stable, but need millions of years to transform to graphite.. for example.
My case is that I would suggest to make a experiment to see if crystal structure of DMT would change depending the pressure and temperature condition. Temperature must be low for the crystals to precipitate, right? But maybe putting more pressure would add a new condition.
Maybe the fact that the crystals are formed at different atmospheric pressure caused in the summer vs winter times, do make a difference in the crystal structure formation. I'm thinking about a bottle that was slightly heated and then filled with solvent with dmt. Bottle would be closed and put inside the friezer(?) to precipitate. This would create a negative pressure (in relation to normal atmospheric pressure) and cause maybe more fluffy crystals. It would be interesting to have a control outside, precipitating also at low temperature but normal pressure.
High pressure -> denser structure aka diamonds , Low pressure -> less dense structure aka fluffy crystals.
kiang said:I didn't read the entire thread and dont't know if this was brought up to the conversation, but if I may add..
As a geologist, I learned that real diamonds are formed in high temperature and very high pressure locations underground the earths crust. Generally they are very pure materials based on the carbon element. The higher the purity, the higher the hardness and density of the crystal. Graphite as you know is also carbon but the molecular \ atom structure is not aligned in the optimal way for best hardness, but aligned good enough for it to be stable at the temperature and pressure where it was formed. Diamonds at normal pressure and temperature are not stable, but need millions of years to transform to graphite.. for example.
keleblin said:In fact, Falkenberg lists DMT as being capable of of two point modifications within the P2/m space group. If anyone has access to this full article