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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Curcumin Turmeric Flowers

 

Aditya Bahrgava

3-chloro-3-methyl-r(2),c(6)-diphenylpiperidin-4-one Axial chloro substituted piperidine-4-one

 

ARULRAJ RAMALINGAM

Lutetium Aluminum Garnet activated by Cerium Six Ce:LuAG fibers grown by the Micro Pulling Down technique: 2mm in diameter 230 mm in length 0.15% Cerium

 

Sara Faraj

Sal de Tutton Cristal misto da família do sal de Tutton (NH4)2NixCo(1-x)(SO4)2.6H2O com 60% de cobalto

 

Michelle de Oliveira

lanthanum praseodymium aluminate Grown by OFZ in reducing conditions. The Brown region is indicative of Pr4+, where the desired green region is indicative of Pr3+. The quick transition from brown to green at the necked region occurred as a result of a bubble popping in the zone during growth.

 

Chapin Korosec

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