Collection of artificially grown crystals

This collection of crystals has been selected by the IUCr Commission on Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials as examples of high-quality crystals grown artificially. If you would like to add your examples, please use the submission form.

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Sr5Pb3ZnO12 This is an optical photograph taken using Olympus LEXT OLS4000 confocal scanning laser microscope. Crystals were grown from polycrystalline powder in molten sodium chloride.

 

Michał J. Winiarski

Curcumin Turmeric Flowers

 

Aditya Bahrgava

aluminum tungstate aluminum tungstate Al2(WO4)3 by the Czochralski method from nonstoichiometric melt (WO3 reach) at pulling rate 0.14mm/h

 

Antoni Dabkowski

lithium chloride monohydrate dendritic growth of LiCl•H2O from aqueous solution - shearing interference microscope image

 

Leonard J. Soltzberg

l-serine–l-ascorbic acid co-crystal

 

Sergey Arkhipov

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