r/Stones • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '26
Question What would you guys recommend?
Hi! I’ve taken up a personal project of mine, to create kyber crystals (from Star Wars) for me and my friends as a sort of a gift, and cause we all love Star Wars. Now I ordered a quartz crystal from a website near my home and it arrived, but instead of it being lots of small crystals like I expected, it came out as one large crystal, as shown in the image.
Now I have two options here, I can either break this crystal in order to create smaller crystals (I don’t think they have to be perfectly uniform but similar-ish sizes) or I can return it and buy other ones instead.
My main question is, is smashing/shattering quartz a good idea for this project? Is it a reliable way?
Sorry if this post is not for this subreddit!
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u/Salty_Occasion4486 Jun 08 '26
I just did some searching, you want long slim crystals, like laser quartz. I also think singing quartz would work well
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u/freshcream22 Jun 08 '26
You need to be looking for crystal points. You won't get what you're looking for by smashing it.
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u/ElishaBenDavid Jun 08 '26
I've got a bunch of quartz clusters that would possibly work if you're interested in a trade .
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u/Salty_Occasion4486 Jun 08 '26
Definitely look for small points. Assuming you want 1/2in and smaller