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[(CH3)4N][Cu2(NCS)3]
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All of the symmetry – P42cm: [(CH3)4N][Cu2(NCS)3]
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Acemetacin co-crystals
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Making a drug work smarter – Acemetacin co-crystals
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Acetic acid
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Vinegar – acetic acid
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Alite
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It’s in the walls – Alite
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Ammonia
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Feeding the world – Ammonia
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Ammonium perchlorate
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This is rocket science – ammonium perchlorate
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Andersonite
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The crystal structure rainbow – Glowing in UV, Andersonite
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Argentite
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A world cup inspired post – Argentite
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Arsenopyrite
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Deadly crystal structures – Arsenopyrite
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Aspirin
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A headache of a crystal structure – Aspirin
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Augite
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A rock with a cleavage – Augite
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Autunite
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A more complicated powering mineral – Autunite
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Barite
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Biominerals #5 - Which way is up?
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Benzene
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A ring of progress – Benzene
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Bonattite
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Bonattite - blue copper sulfate, but a lot rarer
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Borax
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What's in silly putty? – Borax
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Boron (α)
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Boron – an element to watch for the future
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Boron carbide
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Glowing green – Willemite
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Boron nitride
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Superhard and superstrong – cubic Boron Nitride
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Bowieite
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An exclusive mineral – Bowieite
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Braggite
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Celebrating one of the founders of the field – the crystal structure of Braggite
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Brownleeite
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A mineral from interplanetary dust
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Brucite
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A mineral for Australia day – Brucite
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Caesium chloride
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Classical crystal structures – Caesium chloride
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Calaverite
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Kalgoorlie where the streets are paved with gold – Calaverite
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Carpathite
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An aromatic mineral – Carpathite
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Cerussite
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Celebrating Laue – very tiny crystals
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Chrysotile
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Deadly crystal structures – Chrysotile
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Citric acid
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The sour in the sweet – citric acid
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Clerodane diterpenoid
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Happy St Patrick's day – something to help you with the snakes?
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Cobalt chloride
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Growing new flowers in the chemical garden – cobalt chloride
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Cocoa butter (phase V)
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Seasons greetings. The crystal structure of Cocoa Butter
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Cocoa butter (phase VI)
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The chocolate you don’t want – cocoa butter form VI
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Crocoite
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The crystal structure rainbow – Orange crocoite
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Cryptomelane
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A mineral often mistaken for a fossil – cryptomelane
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Curium
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Madam Curie – one of her elements: Curium
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Diopside
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A surprisingly important structure - Diopside
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Dodecacalcium hepta-aluminate
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Now you've seen everything – superconductive concrete
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Einsteinium sesquioxide
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An explosive discovery – Einsteinium sesquioxide
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Ekanite
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Ekanite – a mineral that will amorphise itself
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Epsomite
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Bath salts on the moons of Jupiter
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Ethane
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An extra-terrestrial hydrocarbon – Ethane
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Ethyl maltol
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Molecular cotton candy – Ethyl Maltol
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Ettringite
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Damaging buildings from within - Ettringite
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Eugenyl acetate
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Adapting a plant-based molecule – eugenyl acetate
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Feldspar
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What is our planet made out of? (1) Feldspar
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Ferrocene
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An accidental molecule – ferrocene
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Fluocerite-(La)
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All of the symmetry - P-3c1: Fluocerite-(La)
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Fluorite
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A mineral of history – Fluorite
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Francolite
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Biominerals #3 – Francolite, a mineral in fossilized Dinosaur bones
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Galena
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Hearing radio waves with galena
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Germanite
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A world cup inspired post – Germanite
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Gerstleyite
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All of the symmetry – Cm: Gerstleyite
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Gibbsite
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Collect enough minerals and someone will name one after you! – Gibbsite
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Glucose
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Sweet as – Glucose
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Goethite
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Raw mineral of a legend – Goethite
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Gold
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GOLD! The crystal structure of success
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Goosecreekite
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Goosecreekite – The most unusual mineral name?
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Gramicidin S
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From crystallography, to running the country
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Graphite
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Graphite – the makings of the future?
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Green fluorescent protein
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The crystal structure rainbow – Green fluorescent protein
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Heklaite
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A mineral from Iceland – Heklaite
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Hexaferrocenylbenzene
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An impossible molecule – Hexaferrocenylbenzene
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Hexamethylenetetramine
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A bit of a mouthful – hexamethylenetetramine
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Hydrochloric acid
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It is sitting in your stomach – Hydrochloric acid
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Hydrogen
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The chemical bond is stronger than we could have imagined
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Hydroxylapatite
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A crystal structure you eat with! Hydroxylapatite
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Ice Ic
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Cubic ice – does it exist or not?
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Ice Ih
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Snow joke – January’s Ice structure, Ice Ih
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Ice II
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Ice, but in a better state of order - Ice II
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Ice III
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Ice III in Ganymede
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Ice IX
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Stranger than fiction – Ice IX
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Ice VI
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Square snowflakes – the structure of Ice VI
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Ice X
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Ice X – The extreme form of ice
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Ice XV
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The most recently discovered ice structure – Ice XV
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Ice XVI
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A correction to an earlier claim – Ice XVI is the newest form of ice!
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Indigo carmine
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The crystal structure rainbow – Indigo in your batteries?
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INVAR
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Not going anywhere – low expansion alloys
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Iolite
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The two-coloured rock – Iolite
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Iridium Oxide
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Common structure, but rare material – Iridium Oxide
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Iron (hcp)
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What is our planet made out of? (8) Hcp Iron
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Iron (II) sulfate heptahydrate
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Lacking in iron? – Iron (II) sulfate heptahydrate
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Iron hydride (fcc)
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Finding hydrogen – where does it sit in fcc Iron hydride
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Jadeite
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A greenstone – Jadeite
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Kaolinite
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Fancy a wrestle? – Kaolinite
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Krypton
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A super cool material – the crystal structure of Krypton
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L-Glutamic acid
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What was Philae looking for on 67P? L-Glutamic acid
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L-Serine
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Chasing complex molecules in the stars – looking for L-Serine
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Labradorite
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A play on colours – Labradorite
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Lactose monohydrate
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Not for the intolerant – Lactose
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Lead Zirconium Titanate
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A material that could help keep your heart going – lead zirconium titanate
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Lepidolite
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Where does all the lithium come from? – Lepidolite
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Lithium boro-hydride
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Stuffing in the hydrogen – Lithium Boro-hydride
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Lithium niobate
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Crystals of temperature and electricity – Pyroelectric lithium niobate
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Lonsdaleite
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Kathleen Lonsdale and her mineral
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Magnesiowüstite
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What is our planet made out of? (6) Magnesiowüstite
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Magnesium chloride
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Simple Sunday – Magnesium Chloride
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Magnesium oxide
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Bright spark – Magnesium Oxide
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Magnetite
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Biominerals #1 – Magnetite
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Malachite
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Common beauty – Malachite
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Malic acid
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The sour taste – Malic acid
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Megawite
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A specially named perovskite, Megawite
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Melilite
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What are comets made out of? One potential ingredient: Melilite
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Methane A
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Methane under pressure – the structure of Methane A
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Methane B
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Methane under pressure – the strange coincidence of methane B
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Methane hydrate I
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Fire ice – the structure of methane hydrate I
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Methane Hydrate II (sH)
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A big water cage, sH clathrate hydrate
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Moganite
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Biominerals #4 – The wonderful world of silica
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Molybdenum
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Molybdenum – the building block of nuclear medicine
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Monosodium L-glutamate
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Enhancing flavour, molecule by molecule: MSG
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Mullite
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Something to mull on – Mullite
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Muscovite
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You can see through it – Muscovite
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Nickel sulfide
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A smashing crystal structure – Nickel sulfide
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Nitinol
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You can do a lot with two elements – Nitinol
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Olivine
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What is our planet made out of? (2) Olivine
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Oxygen
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The crystal structure rainbow – Red Oxygen
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Painite
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A formerly very exclusive mineral – Painite
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Palmitic acid
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Saturating your food – Palmitic acid
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Paracetamol
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An elusive polymorph of Paracetamol
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Phenol
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A small molecule that has saved a lot of lives – phenol
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Picric acid
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Less than mellow yellow – the structure of picric acid
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Piperine
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A peppery crystal structure – Piperine
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Plutonium (alpha phase)
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Alpha plutonium – a rebel element
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Polio virus
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The beginning of the end for Polio
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Polonium
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An Element of surprise – The crystal structure of Polonium
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Pseudomalachite
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A mineral imposter – pseudomalachite
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Pyrite
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Fool’s gold – the structure of Pyrite
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Pyroxferroite
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A mineral that came down to Earth – pyroxferroite
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Quasicrystals
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To the ends of the earth and beyond – the search for 'impossible' quasicrystals
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Quinine
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A molecule from trees – Quinine
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Raspberry ketone
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Molecule of deceit – raspberry ketone
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RDX
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Danger danger! A high-pressure explosive – γ RDX
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Rh2(PNP)2(PNP)2(BPh4)2
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Celebrating Laue – complex structures very quickly!
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Ringwoodite
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What is our planet made out of? (4) Ringwoodite
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Rock Salt
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The structure that started it all – Rock salt
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Roentgenium
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A celebration of X-rays – Roentgenium
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Rutile
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What is the Rutile structure?
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Samarium cobalt magnets
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SmCo magnets – May the 4th be with you
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Santite
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It's making a list – Santite
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SiGe alloys
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Powering Voyager - SiGe alloys
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Silicate perovskite
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What is our planet made out of? (5) Silicate perovskite
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Silicate post-perovskite
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What is our planet made out of? (7) Silicate Post-perovskite
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Silver behenate
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A long chain crystal – Silver behenate
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Sodium acetate
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Sodium acetate
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Sodium bicarbonate
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Getting your cakes to rise – bicarbonate of soda
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Sodium hydride
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Sodium hydride, simple yet historic
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Sphalerite
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Classical crystal structures – sphalerite
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Spherocobaltite
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Mineral in pink – Spherocobaltite
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Sr3C60
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All of the symmetry – Pm-3: Sr3C60
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Stearic acid
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Time to scrub things up – Stearic acid
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Stishovite
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Sign of an impact – Stishovite
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Strontium nitrate
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Seeing the New Year in red: the structure of strontium nitrate
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Sucrose
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Sweet crystallography – the crystal structure of sucrose
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Sulfur (S8)
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Brimstone (sulfur)
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Sulfuric acid hexahydrate
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A material for another world – Sulfuric Acid Hexahydrate
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Talc
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A crystal for after a shower – Talc
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Tin (alpha and beta)
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A failed campaign – alpha and beta tin
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Tobermorite
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Sounds edible, but isn't - Tobermorite
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Tricalcium aluminate
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Beautifully holding buildings together – Tricalcium aluminate
|
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Tyrian purple
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The crystal structure rainbow – Imperial violet
|
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Uraninite (pitchblende)
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A powering mineral – Uraninite
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Uranium (beta)
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Another strange element – β Uranium
|
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Uvarovite
|
A very rare gem – Uvarovite
|
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Vaterite
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It takes two – Vaterite
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Vermiculite
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A crystal sandwich – Vermiculite
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Vitamin C
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Important for this time of year – Vitamin C
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Wadsleyite
|
What is our planet made out of? (3) Wadsleyite
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Weddellite
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Biominerals #2 – Weddellite (in Antarctica and in you!)
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Willemite
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Boron and carbon – better together?
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Wurtzite
|
Classical crystal structures – Wurtzite
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Xenon-water compound
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Impossible chemistry: making the unreactive react
|
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Zinc nitrate
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Absorbing and beautiful, zinc nitrate
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Zircon
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How old? – The crystal structure of Zircon
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