Turning Rocks into Lapis Lazuli (Ultramarine)

[@TechOtakuYT]

Great, now I can enchant my Diamond Pickaxe

[@LordBrainz]

We all agree mending is the GOAT, right?

[@TheObnoxiousSquirrel]

@@LordBrainz yea but now we have to go steal a villager

[@Polatground]

No, I'm 13 hours late.

[@exactingbirdy]

next video is gonna be making homemade diamond pickaxe

[@netnu]

@@LordBrainzi miss the days where i was so happy getting unbreaking II

[@adelinyoungmark1929]

my favorite genre of chemistry videos are "turning rocks into useful chemicals and compounds"

[@baileyjerman5573]

I'm personally fond of Neil reds "turning stuff into other stuff" videos

[@M2rsh]

tricking rocks into thinking by extracting silicone turning it into a mono crystal cutting into thin wafers cutting out a special pattern(tm) and applying voltage

[@Kyle-cu7qz]

@@M2rsh Hell yeah

[@chaz706]

Straight Alchemy. If the Ancient Romans could see what they were doing you would be lavished with riches upon riches.

[@elliot_rat]

literally alchemy at that point

[@watterztrail7870]

Ultramarine mentioned. Glory to The Emperor

[@bogdany.4505]

Came here to say this

[@doomguy4522]

The Emperor Protects

[@kuronyaa-san]

Synthesizing Roboute Guilliman and his smurfmarines. Kaolin - edible Sodium Carbonate - edible Activated Charcoal - edible Sulfur - explosives component, [yet edible] (edited on demand!) Yes. This definitely is cake baking.

[@ElementalAer]

Sulfur - believe it or not, edible

[@kyzercube]

@@ElementalAer I pickle my own eggs. Yummy! 🤤

[@Ogorix]

For the emperor

[@imperiumltd]

Big E is cooking smth for sure

[@druidplayz2313]

Sulfur is technicaly edible

[@beowulf_of_wall_st]

You had ultra high concenrtration paint that artists pay an arm and a leg for and then threw calcium carbonate in there for no reason, brutal

[@obtuse186]

I think you should do a series of following a Bob Ross tutorial whilst synthesising all the pigments you'll need, each pigment could be it's own video culminating in the finale where you actually paint the piece.

[@teddy-behr]

BIG fan of this idea

[@blackdog6969]

Amazing idea

[@recurvestickerdragon]

following the tutorial WHILE doing the synthesis? dang, next level challenge

[@kalinmir]

He'd need to put lizards in furnace of 600° to make lizard red tho

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

This is a really great idea, thanks!

[@wolfy3802]

Presence of nitrates in starting mixture actually makes your paint deeper blue Or explosive

[@alexdrockhound9497]

Sounds like a win-win to me!

[@isaacthedestroyerofstuped7676]

Did it go 'blue' or 'blew'?

[@mgancarzjr]

_Okay. Here we go._ The colors will really pop.

[@killmimes]

Buhahahaha ​@@mgancarzjr

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

Nothin' like having black powder as your raw material

[@diablominero]

Red iron oxide pigment is pretty easy. You just electrolyze saltwater with iron electrodes, collect the orange-gray sludge product, dry it out, and heat it until it turns bright red.

[@samsmith9764]

you can even buy it down at the hardware store, sold as 'iron oxide cement pigment.' It would be interesting to see if it made a good paint or if it needs procesing like washing first

[@diablominero]

@@samsmith9764 Yeah, but I remember something about not wanting to buy pigments.

[@adrianhenle]

Hey, don't underestimate yourself! It looks like it was painted by a very _talented_ third grader.

[@CubicApocalypse128]

Fun fact: of the ingredients used here, sodium carbonate is the only one that doesn't have a Minecraft equivalent. Gunpowder has the sulfur and carbon, and any given clay deposit may or may not be kaolin. Steve? would have the technology to make his own lapis lazuli, if he could only get some sodium carbonate. And, presumably, get rid of the potassium nitrate from the gunpowder.

[@sionsoschwalts2762]

You don't even have to get rid of the potassium nitrate as it can be used in the lapis lazuli synthesis.

[@s4098429]

Very good pigment. You should compare your paint to some artists ultramarine paint, you’re very close. They use something called a ‘muller’ to ensure every particle is coated with oil; to avoid a gritty texture.

[@Dave-oz4rr]

Dont call yourself a "shit polish chemist" ! i love your content, will ever support you man

[@mgrzeg]

@@Dave-oz4rr o

[@KriticalUranium235]

he is Nilereds counterpart

[@johnfox2483]

KZbin subtitles says "shed polish chemist"

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

@Dave-oz4rr Thank you for your kind words, I really appreciate them :)

[@janeknowakowski5732]

@@Amateur.Chemistry Bro this is the first video of yours that i stumbled upon and when at 1:11 you pulled out the box of paint with the text "farby plakatowe" I was so surprised. I could not believe that I just randomly found another polish creator while my page is exclusively in english. Maybe Poland is not that unknown after all! Anyways życzę powodzenia w dalszym tworzeniu kontentu i zyskałeś nowego suba

[@stamasd8500]

I've made metakaolin before, in the exact same type of furnace - it was to use it as a pozzolan in a specialty cement composition. I've considered making ultramarine too but after looking at the complexity and failure rate, and also seeing how cheap synthetic ultramarine is to buy online, I ended up doing the latter. :) If you want another pigment project, why not take onto the first synthetic pigment ever made that dates back to ancient Egypt: Egyptian blue. It involves a similar "baking" project, with the added complexity that the results will differ depending on the ratios of the components and temperatures you bake them at. I have done it using equipment very similar to yours.

[@thoracis]

I am an artist. I think your mindset is very good for someone that wants to learn. Your first try is also very good. I admire that your ability to take in information and try to channel it back out of your brain, as well as your ability to improvise and work on your feet - those qualities make for a good artist. I also love that you used the clay flour to make sand texture. I really hope you keep trying, whether with homemade paints or bought ones. Keep finding videos and tutorials on KZbin. Make a mood board with artists or vibes you like and try to understand what you like about them so you can do the same. Good luck, friend!

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

Thanks for such a thoughtful comment :)

[@markiangooley]

I used to live about 30 km from a kaolin mine. There used to be a town called Edgar in the state of Florida, but little remains of it because it was built over a kaolin deposit. Last I checked it had a post office and some buildings associated with the mine, and a railroad spur that I think is still used to ship large quantities of kaolin out by rail.

[@ethanbrenna9798]

I'd love a whole series on synthesized pigments, where at the end the paint is added to the rest in your ever-growing palate and used to make something beautiful!

[@BRUXXUS]

I'd also love this!

[@oxoniumgirl]

ditto!

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

This is a great idea! If I find more interesting pigments to make I will definitely record such a series :)

[@jakelevinson7802]

As a chemist and a painter, I really like this kind of stuff

[@oxoniumgirl]

Fantastic all the way through! Ultramarine is my favorite color and pigment, and I've always wanted to explore the chemistry of it! You may be interested in knowing that vibrant blue grade ultramarine pigment powder sells quite well online to people looking to mull and mix their own paints, so if you need a way to fund more chemistry you might want to attempt making a bunch of ultramarine powder for sale. Also, I too spent literally decades immersed in STEM but wanting to do art, it's never too late, but it's so rewarding once you get into it that I definitely you give a consistent place in your life. We all make shit paintings at first, but it's finding that we enjoy doing it that is most important. Besides, you'll be able to make your own pigments for the rest of your life, that's like every artist's secret desire. Keep painting and keep making awesome chem videos!

[@stamasd8500]

I'm not sure it sells quite so well. About a year ago I got some really nice,. very deep blue synthetic ultramarine from Amazon. It was a whole $30 for 1kg (2.2 pounds) which will last me probably for the next 25 years. :)

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

Thanks for such an amazing comment! If enough people are interested I might set up a store with things like homemade ultramarine and opals in the future :)

[@kyzercube]

I'm an auto mechanic that lives in a sub-tropical climate. @ 18:45 I'm no chemist, but I know and love Zinc Oxide. It's a miracle cure for heat rash in the " nether regions ", and yes it does work well! 😆Dermatologists hate it because it costs them money 🤣

[@Ogorix]

21:38 that’s a lot of mercury

[@jeremylastname873]

All I want to know is how to safely dispose of several pounds of mercury. 😂

[@TaLeng2023]

​@@jeremylastname873just give it to me haha

[@chr1ms1n55]

you can buy pollen presses for basically nothing if you need a better way to pelletize... this may be a bit too late though

[@andresaofelipe]

I love how the camera sensor struggles with how blue ultramarine is

[@jimsvolt]

bro really took enchanting to the periodic table 😂😂

[@DanielGBenesScienceShows]

To me, the blue spectrum is the most beautiful color palette chemistry has to offer. Well done!

[@crappozappo]

DUDE. Your painting made me say "wow" then you revealed it was your FIRST ONE! The texture is awesome! You're a natural artist!

[@aicirtkciub9167]

The green and the blue ate the most beautiful colours ❤

[@Mink-FR]

I love science, chemistry, rocks, Minecraft and Poland ! What more could i ask for !

[@janrace6466]

Oh hell yeah! I've been wanting to synthesize my own ultramarine for a while now but I haven't managed to find a good procedure for it, this is exactly what I was missing!

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

I'm glad I could help :)

[@monin3464]

1:11 Rodak detected. I used these paints in primary school! Brings back them memories...

[@mgrzeg]

Wszedlem na twoj kanal po dluzszej przerwie i musze przyznac ze zrobiles ogromny postep. Brawo, tak trzymaj! 🙌

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

Dzięki!

[@H3liosphan]

Man! You've really delved deeply into the NileRed play book! But I do appreciate the better coverage of the actual science behind it all. A Good watch.

[@recurvestickerdragon]

that blue and green are both gorgeous! absolutely beautiful! excellent work!

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

Thanks!

[@dog3_l0ver]

Goated "Farby Plakatowe" haha. Love your videos man! I'm a computer science undergrad but for some reason I love watching chemistry videos, especially when someone just does stuff for fun. Have a nice day! (Or is it evening already? I always forget if 17;00 is evening or still afternoon haha)

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

Thank you!

[@wojciechwal2953]

Now i get why ultramarines in Warhammer 40k are blue, lol

[@Shadow_monnarch]

FINALLY, I can enchant my armor. Thank you so much, I'll give two emeralds for everything you made.

[@ІгорАлієв]

Dziękuję! Wspaniały material! Wymieszanie proszków kaoliny itp można spróbować w młynu kulowym.

[@tsraikage]

no cap, this is by far my most beloved chemistry channel. somewhat different vibe here

[@RosannaPatruno]

Idea for a future video : synthetising the most deadly pigments ( like cinnabar or london purple ) and make the most dangerous painting

[@pseudomemes5267]

Paris Green too copper(II) acetoarsenite, need some lead white and cadmium yellow in there as well.

[@Gin-toki]

@@pseudomemes5267 Don't forget to add some uranium oxide into the mix, to spice things up a notch :P

[@isaacthedestroyerofstuped7676]

Lead chromate

[@MalleusSemperVictor]

Mmm, calcium arsenite

[@Sturdy_Penguin]

Apparently manganese has all sorts of different colors which were used for pigments. You might get heavy metal poisoning, but that's a risk I'm willing to take.

[@dit-zy]

i am absolutely in love with the green at 19:48

[@lunathegay]

love your content, love to see you stretching your creative muscles! I'm excited to see how your future art and projects turn out!

[@christineg8151]

Gorgeous work! I buy synthetic ultramarine to use in soapmaking, and the color for this is spot on!

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

Thank you!

[@napier9350]

As an artist but not a chemist, I would really recommend you to look into what paint medium you want to make pain of! You could be making watercolor paints, oil, acrylic, gouache, acrylic gouach. I personally love using watercolors because it’s easy to pick up and it doesn’t require many extra steps and there’s already a lot of KZbin videos and people who sell and make handmade watercolor paints!

[@BraydenBeckham-t2c]

Artist to artist, that art piece actually looks pretty good! It's honestly a great start. Don't be too hard on yourself. It only gets better from here! And amazing chemistry skills you got too!

[@blackdog6969]

Don't discount your art. Honestly for the simplicity, I like how it looks. That said the story of how it came to be (making your own pigments from scratch), that's the true art. As others have said, a series of making different pigments and then following a Bob Ross tutorial would be awesome. Try to avoid happy little accidents with chemicals though

[@berukadehikari2634]

wow, I never though of a natural mineral like lapis lazuli can be synthesized, the blue looks great. Another nice blue pigment I am interesting in seen being made is copper phthalocyanine blue. It has a nice blue-cyan to it.

[@rkirke1]

I saw the hammer + modified syringe in the intro and laughed, then saw it put to use 13:00 and was impressed. It's amazing (LDPE? HDPE?) and rubber can handle such a pressure, but yeah, definitely cheaper than a hydraulic press!

[@Crowborn]

the history of paint and pigments is incredibly cool! Would love to see you do something red with cinnabar, though without endangering yourself hahah. Love seeing that you made green pigment with copper too!

[@dan2800]

European dankpods chemist isn't real he can't hurt you European dankpods chemist

[@ryanmahaffie329]

for a more pure/intense white, I like to use Titanium White myself. maybe as an extension of this series you could look at creating well known limited palettes, like the Zorn palette as an example? Or start to learn painting from the basics and continue making paint (and thus videos) as you need and are able to? let the science and art continue to merge! Also big props on being willing to share your first piece, that takes a different kind of guts.

[@admiralcasperr]

8:40 Truely an engineer with epic skill and epic gear!

[@shdz5984]

Alchemists be rubbing their hands with this one.

[@b.c.9358]

Honestly, your painting is pretty relaxing to look at. Good work. You may be able to make higher quality paints by mulling them with a glass muller and a shatterproof glass surface.

[@BRUXXUS]

Wow! That paint turned out so vivid! Thanks for the video. Your videos always make me feel so happy. :)

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

I'm so glad to hear that!

[@lucazsy]

This ivdeo is going to live rent free on my "Absolute KZbin" collection.

[@nunyabisnass1141]

That "oily" feel from the clay is a deaired property in paper making, because it helps ro keep pages from sticking together, especially for magazines. Now, since its fairly temperature resisten, could this be used as a colouring agent in for a smoke device? I rhink that would be a nice experiment, eapecially if you used some preoxidised mix, but added rhw sulphur to that, to see if the burn process would produce the blue smoke while its burning.

[@chemicalmaster3267]

@Amateur Chemistry Since you are into pigments now, how about making some Iron(III) Ferrocyanide also known as Ferric Ferrocyanide or Prussian Blue starting from Cyanuric Acid, which is used as a chlorine stabilizer for swimming pools, or from Amygdalin, which can be found inside the pits or seeds of certain fruits like 🍎, 🍒, 🍑 and others?

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

This is quite a great idea, thanks!

[@rgarlinyc]

Very interesting and informative to watch - thank you! Ultramarine has been my most favorite color since I discovered it as a child, then reconfirmed my prejudice when as an adult I visited the ultramarine seas around the Greek Isles. Dziękuję bardzo!

[@HenryLeslieGraham]

love to see it. ultramarine is my favourite pigment

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

Thanks! I also love its brilliant color a lot :)

[@joemama397]

Make Paris Green next

[@xaracen7207]

and then nile red oh wait

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

@joemama397 I have a video about it on my to-do list :)

[@ejstacey]

that smiley made of activated charcoal powder will haunt my dreams

[@jackyboi9828]

Providing the conversion for grams to ounces is that extra mile that is far beyond reasonable effort

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

I put up a poll in my community tab to see what people think :)

[@margaretteragram9235]

Incredible!! So fun to watch, this is exactly what I’d do with a lab. I make my own lake pigments but this is the dream! I like your little spinning table, it made that kaolin clay so glamorous. You can buy it milled and purified, for cosmetic use if you wanted to cut down on labour just a little. Subscribed, hoping for more artistic chemistry!

[@jurek54]

You told and showed in a very interesting way how to make this wonderful pigment - fascinating message !!!

[@andersjjensen]

WOOOW! The ground up Ultramarine was sooo pretty. To get exactly that color once it's wet will probably require some titanium dioxide.

[@ark4681]

Great video! It is unbelievable to watch you making lapis lazuli from kaolin🤩. I would like to see more about synthesising minerals like corundum, quartz, beryl or something else 😸😸😸

[@peronik349]

Kaolin has another very useful use, it is a very fine clay which can be used to make porcelain.

[@ManicPandaz]

I’m playing Terrafirmagreg right now, which is a combination of Terrafirmacraft and Gregtech. I was literally processing Kaolinite clay last night in Minecraft lol

[@altejoh]

Continuing the proud geology tradition of every analogy somehow containing a food metaphor xD

[@isaacmcginn7923]

Top 10 chemistry youtuber for sure

[@thereal757_ap]

Awe heck yeah! My favorite color made from rocks! Another banger of a video.

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

Thanks!

[@sadaasda4147]

Awesome video. Putting together a few paints with chemistry and getting someone to do your portrait with them might be fun.

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

Thanks! That's a great idea for a face reveal :)

[@Kargoneth]

Excellent results. Beautiful pigment. I wonder how difficult it would be to synthesize back in da Vinci's day. Finding pure reagents would probably be the hardest part.

[@jeslinmx22]

The aim of alchemy was to turn base metals into gold, and somehow along the way mankind worked out how to turn base rocks into things as valuable as gold, which is why those things are now dirt cheap and gold is still valuable. Quite poetic.

[@aeriumsoft]

Heel nawh this lad went full minecraft

[@crackedemerald4930]

honestly, I think your painting is really cool.

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

Thank you!

[@Matoro342]

What a great warhammer 40k channel, I'm sure we will get more in the future

[@haraldclark6206]

That is some beautiful chemistry there!

[@Americanpsyho2003]

polski nilered, tego mi brakowało

[@DangerousLab]

Incredible work for putting all these procedures together!

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

Thank you!

[@luke144]

Now make YInMn Blue. It's the first new permanent pigment discovered in 200 years. It's BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

I plan to make it in the future :)

[@will12robi]

I did this synthesis at a chem summer camp/program when I was like 13, this is super cool. I still have the procedure somewhere, I’ll try to find it. Thanks for bringing back this cool memory!!

[@Indiskret1]

Absolutely fantastic work! I was a complete chemist nut at a young age, but life took me in other directions work wise. Wonderful to see your enthusiasm and search for knowledge. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors!

[@LordBrainz]

One of the reasons why I love chemistry is because of colors

[@rnts08]

Especially the colors you can see with the right molecules. 😂

[@ThePickledsoul]

If you want good paint, you need to mix the pigment and oil in a ball mill.

[@Megaman634]

Cooking is just "Yummy chemistry"

[@breakoff2381]

we can’t wait to see your painting progress in the future! ♥️

[@TheOriginalGabberjaw]

I then got the still quite hot crucible onto a breek. CHEEKY BREEKY!

[@ricardosefa4186]

I like that shade of blue it perfect

[@bardfinn]

“… some nice and fluffy green dust, …” - NileRed referenced!

[@kevinbyrne4538]

Your Ultramarine is beautiful. Really impressive. Congratulations.

[@Dank_Lulu]

This turned-out really, *really* cool! However, I'm thoroughly surprised that the Emperor's army didn't gather in the comment section at the mention of Ultramarine.

[@malakaihiner5262]

Yet.

[@sundown456brick]

very good video, loved the way it all went great to see how many more chemists are out here, good job!

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

Thanks!

[@jacobfreeman5444]

The pigment making was better than the painting, but no one is an expert on their first try. To attempt so you can feel where you are lacking is the first step to mastery. Good luck!

[@ebaab9913]

This was epic... You may be interested to know that artists, like Leonado Da Vinci, made their own paints. This is why some of Leonardo's works have deteriorated, as he was very experimental.

[@noelbreitenbach8673]

Dude this is so cool! Very inspiring!

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

Thanks!

[@WandaDominiak-px4dn]

Perfect .

[@KakashiHatake-co8lu]

You are hard working and awesome keep going brother!❤🎉

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

Thank you!

[@Coconutcrow7115]

At the end you've made (according to liberal arts) VERY GOOD art!!! The process, shapes and intention that went into the piece would probably go vibe well with some galleries. If you made many of this same type of art, then you'd probably be able to get a residency

[@Almir0001]

bravo!!! amazing journey

[@Amateur.Chemistry]

Thank you!

[@RyanEglitis]

Cool process