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

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

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

Crystal of Tutton's salt family Crystal of Tutton's salt family with chemical formula (NH4)2NixCo(1-X)(SO4)2 6H2O containing 60% cobalto.

 

Michelle de Oliveira

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