Crystal formation

Quartz crystal configurations

There are many kinds of quartz crystal configurations or formations which possess specific properties unique to that configuration. While the general properties of quartz are still there, having a special configuration imbues them with some qualities of its own.
The double terminated quartz crystal is one such special formation; another is the laser wand crystal; but [...]

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Internal structure of crystals and gems

Now remember the old elemental chart you used to refer to for chemistry lessons at school? Known as the Periodic table, this chart was first devised by a Russian chemist named Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869 as a means of showing the recurring changes in the properties of the elements. Minerals are formed from one [...]

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