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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lithium aluminum oxide, "lithium aluminate" For details see B. Veličkov, A. Mogilatenko, R. Bertram, D. Klimm, R. Uecker, W. Neumann, R. Fornari, J. Crystal Growth 310 (2008) 214-220. The crystal was grown and the picture was taken by M. Br� IKZ Berlin.

 

Detlef Klimm

dysprosium scandate Rare earth scandates are grown by the Czochralski method. The melting points are beyond 2000C

 

Detlef Klimm

Manganeseindiumgalliumselenide MnIn2-2xGaxSe crystal with composition x = 0.5

 

Giovanni Attolini

Titanium Sillenite Titanium Sillenite Bi12TiO20, grown along [001] by top seeded solution growth (TSSG). Incongruently melting at 875°C and grown from nonstoichiometric melt.

 

Manfred Burianek

chromium and potassium alum Chromium potassium sulfate covered by aluminium potassium sulfate

 

Evgeniy Losev

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