Clinopyroxene crystals are often tiny, the size of a sand grain. But under the microscope, they can show spectacular growth features that record what happens inside the volcano before eruptions.

Since 2011, retired computer programmer Carol Roullard has been taking photos of crystals and other objects under a microscope. The above image, which she tweeted earlier this month, is a photo of a ...

The drinks were crystallized on a slide and photographed under a polarized light microscope. The light refracts through the drink's crystals and the results speak for themselves.

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RECENTLY, with the increase of the resolving power of the electron microscope, it has become possible to make a direct observation of a crystal lattice composed of large molecules. J. W.

They submerged quartz crystals in a gold-rich fluid and applied stress using a motor to simulate movements along faults. After the experiment, the quartz samples were examined under a microscope ...