Crystals & Gemstones - Ravensburger Jigsaw Puzzle

Check the composition of stones! Discover the World of Mineralogy! Almost all solids found in nature consist of crystals. Minerals, which are the building blocks of crystals, liquefy inside the earth under strong pressure and high heat. The especially rare and beautiful crystals and minerals, which particularly fascinate us due to their shape and color, are called gemstones. Want to learn more about these natural wonders? Future gemologists can perform different activities such as growing druse crystals and checking the composition of real gemstones. The kit includes five different crystal salts and real gemstones to introduce kids ages 10 and up to this shimmering world of science. Grow colorful crystals in a geode or magical sapphire blue crystals and discover that no two crystals are alike. Check the composition of different gemstones and search for traces of stone. Science X® Crystals & Gemstones will take you on a journey through the amazing world of mineralogy with 20 amazing activities!

Science X kits from Ravensburger help children ages 8 and up understand everyday phenomena by letting them test things out scientifically on their own, and are accompanied by explanations and lots of interesting facts. Science X® Crystals & Gemstones includes 20 exciting activities with success guarantee, designed by experts and tested by kids! These activities focus on answering children’s questions about nature and technology. With the help of Science X®, young discoverers learn how to tackle the mysteries of everyday life and beyond. Fascinating background information makes learning fun and easy-to-use materials with richly illustrated manuals encourage kids to become active scientific explorers!

Analyze gemstones under a magnifiying glass, search for traces of stone and create a collection box for all your different gemstones. Grow colorful druse crystals, blue sapphire crystals and crystals in a geode. Learn all about the crystal system, which tells you that crystals develop in a regular order and discover that no two crystals are alike. Create crystal-studded figures, crystals on stones and study the terminology of mineralogy with 20 questions and a detailed glossary.

What's In The Box?
1 Sodalite, 1 Jasper, 1 Soapstone, 1 Pyrite, 1 Aventurine, 1 Quartz Crystal, 1 Rose Quartz, 1 Agate, 1 Hematite, 1 Magnifying Glass, 1 Measuring Cup, 1 Packet of String, 1 Pair of Safety Glasses, 1 Wooden Spatula, 1 Plastic Basin, 1 Stick of Wax, 2 Blue Color Tablets, 1 x 200g Plaster Powder, 10g Ammonium Di-Hydrogen Phosphate, 10 x 10g Potassium Aluminium Sulfate, 30g Potassium Sodium Tartrate, 10g Potassium Chromium Sulfate, 10g Potassium Hexacyanoferrate, 1 Small Stone Slab, 1 Geode Form, 1 Diamond Form, 1 Fizz Character Form, Detailed Instruction Manual.

Ravensburger History

The company was founded by Otto Robert Maier with seat in Ravensburg, a town in Upper Swabia in southern Germany. He began publishing in 1883 with his first author contract. He started publishing instruction folders for craftsmen and architects, which soon acquired him a solid financial basis. His first board game appeared in 1884, named "Journey around the world".

At the turn of the 20th century, his product line broadened to include picture books, books, children’s activity books, Art Instruction manuals, non-fiction books, and reference books as well as children’s games, Happy Families and activity kits. In 1900, the Ravensburger blue triangle trademark was registered with the Imperial Patent office. As of 1912, many board and activity games had an export version that was distributed to Western Europe, the countries of the Danube Monarchy as well as Russia.

Before the First World War, Ravensburger had around 800 products. The publishing house was damaged during the Second World War and continued to produce games in the years of the reconstruction. The company focused on children's games and books and specialized books for art, architecture and hobbies, and from 1962 grew strongly. The company started to produce jigsaw puzzle games in 1964, and in the same year opened subsidiaries in Austria, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In 1977 the company split into a book publishing arm and a game publishing arm.

Today there are approximately 1,800 available books and 850 games as well as puzzles, hobby products and CD-ROM titles at Ravensburger and its subsidiaries, which include Alea for "hobby and ardent game players" and FX Schmid for games and children's books. Ravensburger products are exported to more than fifty countries.

In September 2010, Ravensburger broke Educa's record for the world's largest jigsaw puzzle of 24,000 pieces. Ravensburger's new puzzle design by late pop artist Keith Haring titled, 'Keith Haring: Double Retrospect' breaks the Guinness Book of World Records measuring 17' × 6' built from 32,256 pieces and comes with its own dolly cart for toting.