You can use the glass cell disruption pestle http://www.vwrsp.com/catjpg/mp0/mp0440.jpg
to grind them up. They cost money, of course, and if you plan to buy something, why not go for seed bead kit? But if you want something very cheap, then you'll find this amazing discovery interesting: "Outer diameter of the bottom of a 0.5 mL "eppendorf" tube is the same as the inner diameter of a 1.5 mL "eppendorf" tube." This is known as "eppendorf mortar-pestle phenomenon" :) On Sat, 2009-09-12 at 13:52 +0530, james09 pruza wrote: > Dear CCP4bbers, > > Can anyone suggests how to make seed-stocks if one is not having > seed-beads... Is there any other methods to crush the crystals for the > same purpose. What if it is simple vortexed. Off-course there wold be > all sorts of sizes, the intact crystals as well. > Please suggest. > > Thanks a lot more for previous help. > James. --