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Optics: crystals exhibiting interference colours. Colour mezzotint [?] by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1883, after J. Silbermann.

Cells crawling across crystals

Kidney stone

Artificial sweetener saccharin crystals, LM

Salbutamol crystals

Chemistry: various crystalline substances. Coloured engraving.

Dried buffer crystals, LM

Cells crawling across ceramic crystals

Tartaric acid crystals

Chemistry: geometric representations of crystalline substances. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1802, after C. Hauy.

Chemistry: geometrical representations of crystalline substances. Engraving by J. Pass, 1802, after H. Lascelles.

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Kidney stone

Tartaric acid crystals

Chemistry: geometric representations of crystalline substances. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1802, after C. Hauy.

Chemistry: geometrical representations of crystalline substances. Engraving by J. Pass, 1802, after H. Lascelles.

Kidney stone