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Crystalline 2;

I think this is the end of this series, but probably the fun just began! I'm currently working on some shots I've taken for some parts of this plant through the microscope. It is a struggle already, but hopefully I'll get to something. Lot of focus stacking needed here and, well, I don't have the proper tools, so, there will be lot of mishaps and cropping!

#nature #natural #macro #extrememacro #macrophotography #plants #crustal #crystalline #goodmorning

Melting of a #crystalline solid happens in three stages. 1st, a liquid film forms on the surface. 2nd, defects between neighboring crystallites fluidize, causing the crystal to lose its rigidity. And 3rd, the remaining solid parts liquefy. Experimentally, all three stages have been seen for the first time. physics.aps.org/articles/v17/s

Physics · Watching Defects Melt in a CrystalResearchers have experimentally captured the melting of defects in a crystal, a process previously only understood through simulations.

Currently a competitor in #MinCup23, #Quartz is a #crystalline form of silicon dioxide (#SiO2) with a trigonal #crystal system that, ideally, results in the growth of a hexagonal column with pointed ends, but nature rarely allows this, as this #Macro #image demonstrates.

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#QuartzCrystal, #Mineral, #MacroPhotography, #Photograph

The new EP by Crystalline is out. They are so good. Never Forget is the only new song. Plus a piano based version of Narcissistic Egotist With a different spelling in the title). The other three songs have been released this year as singles. They are a great rock band.

Charms & Smiles EP - Crystalline.

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SongwhipCharms & Smiles by CrystallineListen to "Charms & Smiles" by Crystalline on any music platform - Free smart music links by Songwhip

#Glass-#ceramics are amazing materials: created by heat-treating glass, they lose their amorphous character & become partially #crystalline. They are in fact the first nanomaterial used - e.g. for #bone reconstructions + #implants. But mechanisms of formation + resulting microstructure were not completely understood yet. With our study we shed some more light on the formation of the micro- & nanostructure of the glass-ceramic: bam.de/Content/EN/Paper-of-the