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Crystals

Solid material whose constituent atoms, molecules, or ions are arranged in an ordered lattice extending in all three spatial dimensions

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Images referencing Crystals

52 images from works
  • 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.
  • Chemistry: various crystalline substances. Coloured engraving.
  • Artificial sweetener saccharin crystals, LM
  • Dried buffer crystals, LM
  • Cells crawling across ceramic crystals
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Works from the collections

56 works

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    Kidney stone

    Sergio Bertazzo, Imperial College London; Dominique Bazin, UPMC; Chantal Jouanneau, INSERM.
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    Tartaric acid crystals

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

    Hauy, C. | Date: 20 August 1802 | Reference: 46899i
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    Chemistry: geometrical representations of crystalline substances. Engraving by J. Pass, 1802, after H. Lascelles.

    Lascelles, H. | Date: 11 August 1802 | Reference: 46898i
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    Kidney stone

    Sergio Bertazzo, Imperial College London; Dominique Bazin, UPMC; Chantal Jouanneau, INSERM.
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