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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Jörg Lenzlinger 6 Gerda Steiner

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

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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