About the American vocal group the entertainment district The Crystals Las Vegas other uses Crystals disambiguation Infobox musical artist name The Crystals background group or band image The crystals sm.JPG caption The Crystals in 1961 62 origin New York City New York , New York , United States genre ... Wright br Dolores LaLa Brooks br Frances Collins br Darlene Love br The Crystals are an United States ... lists the 500 greatest songs of all time 20110407 the crystals hes a rebel 19691231 title The RS 500 ... and Patricia Patsy Wright formed The Crystals through the help of Benny Wells, Barbara s uncle. Soon ... 100 , peaking at 123. Replacement Crystals Soon after He Hit Me flopped, Phil Spector began recording singer Darlene Love and her backing group The Blossoms under the name The Crystals . Legend has it that the real Crystals were not able to travel from New York to Los Angeles fast enough to suit the LA ... could release a version. The Crystals were unavailable, but Love and the Blossoms were also based in L.A., so Spector recorded and released their version under The Crystals banner. Other sources Who ... the Crystals best remembered song, and one of the most enduring of the girl group genre. Citation ... to The Crystals is one of the rarest and also possibly the strangest in rock music history. Reports ... monotone. The B side, Part II, was more of the same but played much more slowly. The Crystals sang the song s repetitive verses, though it is unclear if these singers were the real Crystals or The Blossoms ... snopes.com The Real Crystals return Listen filename Da doo ron ron.ogg title Da Doo Ron Ron ... s Dance The Screw , the real Crystals definitely began recording again under their own name in 1963 ... Spector and the Crystals mounted. Already unhappy with having been replaced by Love and the Blossoms on two singles, The Crystals were even more upset when Spector began focusing much of his time ..., The Ronettes actually replaced the Crystals on 4 album tracks on the 1963 compilation LP The Crystals ... more details
wiktionary crystalsCrystals are solid materials whose constituent atoms, molecules, or ions are arranged in an orderly repeating pattern. Crystals may also refer to Crystals album Crystals album , a 1974 jazz album Montreal Crystals , a Canadian ice hockey team The Crystals , an American pop music group The Crystals Las Vegas , a shopping mall and entertainment district on the Las Vegas Strip See also Crystal disambiguation disambig ... more details
unreferenced date September 2009 Optic crystals are crystals that can be used to direct a beam of light . Optic crystals can work as directional guides to the light in photonic devices. Opticmechanics deals with the grinding, polishing and refining of optic crystals. DEFAULTSORT Optic Crystals Category Fiber optics optics stub ... more details
saved book title The Crystals subtitle The Complete Guide cover image cover color sort as Crystals The Crystals The Complete Guide Overview The Crystals Current members Dolores Dee Dee Kenniebrew Past members Dolores LaLa Brooks Associated members Darlene Love Albums Twist Uptown Twist Uptown Singles There s No Other Like My Baby There s No Other Like My Baby He Hit Me It Felt Like a Kiss He Hit Me It Felt Like a Kiss He s a Rebel He s a Rebel Da Doo Ron Ron Da Doo Ron Ron Then He Kissed Me Then He Kissed Me Category Wikipedia books on music Crystals, The ... more details
Equiaxed crystals are crystal s that have Coordinate axis axes of approximately the same length. Crystals of equal axial length have more planes on which to slip and thus have higher strength and ductility. Equiaxed grains can in some cases be an indication for recrystallization metallurgy recrystallization ref recryst . Note note recryst According to Mabuchi, Yamada et al. in The grain size dependence of strength in the extruded AZ91 M alloy , in Magnesium Alloys and their Applications , edited by K.U. Kainer 2000 , ISBN 3 527 30282 4 Category Crystals technology stub ... more details
File Ice crystals on the box.jpg 250px right thumb Ice crystals Ice crystals are solid ice exhibiting atomic ordering on various length scales and include hexagon al columns, hexagonal plates, Dendrite crystal dendritic crystals , and diamond dust . The highly symmetric shapes are due to depositional growth, namely, direct deposition of water vapour onto the ice crystal. Depending on environmental temperature and humidity, ice crystals can develop from the initial hexagonal prism into numerous symmetric shapes. Possible shapes for ice crystals are columns, needles, plates and dendrites. If the crystal migrates into regions with different environmental conditions, the growth pattern may change, and the final crystal may show mixed patterns. An example are capped columns. Ice crystals tend to fall with their major axis aligned along the horizontal, and are thus visible in polarimetric weather radar signatures with enhanced positive differential reflectivity values. Electrification of ice crystals can induce alignments different from the horizontal. Electrified ice crystals are also well detectable by polarimetric weather radars. Temperature and water vapor humidity determine crystalline forms. Ice crystals are responsible for various Atmosphere atmospheric optics displays. Ice clouds are composed of ice crystals, the most notable being cirrus cloud s and ice fog . The slight whitening of a clear blue sky caused by ice crystals high in the troposphere can be a sign that a weather front and rain is approaching, as moist air is carried to high levels and freezes to ice crystals. Image Snow crystals.jpg thumb 250px Dendrytic ice crystals imaged with a scanning electron microscope . The colors are computer generated. Geometry Image Hexagonal.svg br Ice crystals are symmetrical and have a hexagonal pattern. See also Snow External links http www.its.caltech.edu atomic snowcrystals ... Society Glossary DEFAULTSORT Ice Crystals Category Water ice Category Snow or ice weather phenomena ... more details
Infobox VG title Crystals of Zong image Image Crystals of Zong Coverart.png 250px Crystals of Zong caption Cover art developer Cymbal Software ref name gamefaqs http www.gamefaqs.com computer c64 data 565569.html Crystals of Zong infobox details at GameFAQs ref publisher vgrelease NA Cymbal Software ref name gamefaqs EU Cymbal Software ref name gamefaqs programmer Sean McKinnon ref name gamefaqs released vgrelease NA 1983 ref name gamefaqs EU 1983 ref name gamefaqs genre Action game Action ref name gamefaqs modes Single player platforms Commodore 64 Crystals of Zong is a computer game for the Commodore 64 . Summary Crystals of Zong is a simple maze type action game taking place over a series of levels. Each level consists of nine single screen rooms arranged in a 3 3 grid. At the centre of each room is a locked treasure area. The treasure areas in the eight edge rooms contain different treasures and the one in the centre room contains a ladder to the next level. The player s task is to navigate the maze like corridors of the rooms to unlock the treasure areas and get the treasure. After all eight treasures on a level have been taken, the player can descend to the next level via the ladder. To make the player s job harder, various monster s inhabit the rooms. The monsters start out slow and dim witted, but become faster and smarter on later levels. Contact with a monster kills the player instantly. In each room, there is a sword , collecting which temporarily gives the player the ability to kill the monsters. This act is accompanied by a rendition of If I Were a Rich Man song If I Were a Rich Man . After some time, the monsters return. References reflist Category 1983 video games Category Action video games Category Commodore 64 games Category Commodore 64 only games action videogame stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 File TalesoftheCrystalsCover.jpg thumb TalesoftheCrystalsCover Tales of the Crystals is an interactive children s fantasy role playing game , aimed mostly towards young girls ages 8 and up . It was published in 1993 by Milton Bradley Company . The game contains an audio cassette that gives the players certain tasks to do to guide them through four different adventures. There are also cards that list various tasks as well. The game also contains a few props to add to the excitement of the game such as magic crystals and a journal that the players can use to write about their adventures. The game requires the players to co operate and interact together. It is required of the players to act, recite, and perform tasks. As opposed to remaining seated and inactive during gameplay, players must move around their physical environment and are encouraged to use their imagination to recreate a fantasy world around them. External links bgg 9755 http www.hasbro.com common instruct TalesofTheCrystals.PDF Tales of the Crystals rules on Hasbro s website Category Milton Bradley games Category Fantasy board games ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Tickets Crystals Type Album Artist Bardo Pond Cover Bardopondticketcrystals.jpg Released June 6, 2006 Recorded Genre Space Rock , Psychedelic rock Length Label ATP Recordings Producer Reviews Allmusic Rating 4 5 Allmusic class album id r838063 pure url yes link Pitchfork Media 6.2 10 http www.pitchforkmedia.com article record review 36512 Bardo Pond Ticket Crystals link Last album On the Ellipse br 2003 This album Ticket Crystals br 2006 Next album Ticket Crystals was the seventh album by Bardo Pond . It was released on June 6, 2006. The album features a cover of The Beatles The Beatles song Cry Baby Cry . Track listing Destroying Angel 9 38 Isle 11 13 Lost Word 6 29 Cry Baby Cry small Lennon McCartney small 4 56 FC II 18 16 Moonshine 10 45 Endurance 5 09 Montana Sacra II 10 45 Personnel Isobel Sollenberger Flute, Violin, Vocals Michael Gibbons Guitar John Gibbons Synthesizer, Guitar, Percussion Clint Takeda Bass Ed Farnsworth Drums Tom Greenwood Guitar Christina Madonia Vocals Category 2006 albums Category Bardo Pond albums Category ATP Recordings albums 2000s alt rock album stub ... more details
Montreal Crystals were an ice hockey team based in Montreal , Quebec , Canada that existed from 1886 to 1895. The Club was a member of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada AHAC . The team won the Canadian championship twice. In 1895, the team became the Montreal Shamrocks . Under that incarnation the club was a two time winner of the Stanley Cup . The Montreal Crystals won the Canadian championship in 1886, defeating Quebec, which withdrew due to numerous injuries in the final game. That year the Crystals helped to found the AHAC, playing in the first four seasons of challenges. The club won the Canadian again in 1887, defeating the Montreal Victorias in the last challenge of the season. The team played further challenges for the championship in 1888, 1889 and 1890. For 1890, the club was known as the Dominion Hockey Club. The club was known as the Montreal Crescent in 1891, but did not play in AHAC challenges. The club did not play in 1892 at all and returned to the league when it started play in a round robin format in 1893. In 1895, the Crystals became affiliated with the Shamrocks Amateur Athletic Association, and renamed itself the Montreal Shamrocks. The Crystals club was named after the rink it played in, the Crystal Palace Montreal Crystal Palace Skating Rink of Montreal. The Dominion name change occurred when the Crystals played one season at the Dominion Rink. Their affiliate team were the Young Crystals . Season by season record cellpadding 5 bgcolor dddddd Year GP W L T PTS GF GA PIM Finish Playoffs 1893 AHAC season 1893 8 3 5 0 6 25 34 3rd in Amateur Hockey Association of Canada AHAC bgcolor eeeeee 1894 AHAC season 1894 8 0 8 0 0 10 43 5th in Amateur Hockey Association of Canada AHAC 1895 AHAC season 1895 7 3 4 0 6 21 39 4th in Amateur Hockey Association of Canada AHAC References cite book title The Trail of the Stanley Cup last Coleman first Charles year ... stub fr Crystals de Montr al ... more details
Infobox VG title Crystals of Arborea image caption developer Silmarils company Silmarils publisher Silmarils company Silmarils distributor series Ishar engine requirements PC Processor Intel 8088 Intel 8086 Operating System DOS 3.0 3.3 Memory 512 KB RAM br Graphics Color Graphics Adapter CGA , Enhanced ... or Enhanced Chip Set ECS compatible ref name HOL citeweb url http hol.abime.net 3139 title Crystals ... br 2009 Compilation ref name HOL ref citeweb url http www.mobygames.com game dos crystals of arborea release info title Crystals of Arborea release date publisher Mobygames accessdate 5 March 2010 ref ... ST and Personal computer PC input Joystick, keyboard, mouse Crystals of Arborea is a medieval fantasy ... crystals of arborea title Crystals of Arborea summary publisher Mobygames accessdate 5 March 2010 ... few who now dwell on Arborea. The four elemental crystals, of earth, fire, water and air respectively ... species that inhabits Arborea. Gameplay centres on locating the four crystals, restoring them to their corresponding ... as to the locations of the crystals can be obtained from certain neutral non player characters, but only ... to be visited in order to obtain the crystals and restore order. ref name CUAMIGA Should the allies ... initial release, Crystals of Arborea received mixed reviews. Some critics praised the graphics and user ... was released in 1992, prompting the publishers to re distribute Crystals of Arborea as a budget ... ACTION citeweb url http amr.abime.net review 4805 title Crystals of Arborea review publisher Amiga ... 48 ref name POWER citeweb url http amr.abime.net review 83 title Crystals of Arborea review publisher ... 86 ref name THEONE citeweb url http amr.abime.net review 2008 title Crystals of Arborea review publisher ... rev4 CU Amiga rev4Score 91 ref name CUAMIGA citeweb url http amr.abime.net review 9593 title Crystals ... 5 March 2010 ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Crystals Of Arborea Category 1990 video games ... Video games developed in France fr Crystals of Arborea nl Crystals of Arborea ... more details
los Cristales br Cave of the Crystals photo Caveofcrystals.jpg caption A man standing in the cave ... of the giant crystals, likely found in a natural cavity in the mine. Note the exceptional clarity of the crystal. Cave of the Crystals or Giant Crystal Cave Lang es Cueva de los Cristales is a cave connected ... . The main chamber contains giant Selenite mineral selenite crystals gypsum , CaSO sub 4 sub 2 H sub 2 sub O , some of the largest natural crystals ever found. ref name Mystery The cave s largest ... web url http news.nationalgeographic.com news 2007 04 photogalleries giant crystals cave title Giant ... science nature 8466493.stm title A rare glimpse of the cave of crystals work BBC News date 19 January ... accessdate 2010 10 22 ref Formation of the crystals Naica lies on an ancient fault and there is an underground ... of the water remained very stable at over 50 C. This allowed crystals to form and grow ... at a depth of 120 m, above the Cave of Crystals, and contains spectacular, smaller 1 m long crystals. It is speculated that at this level, transition temperatures may have fallen much more rapidly, leading to an end in the growth of the crystals. ref name Mystery cite web last Lovgren ... Mexico s Cave of Giant Crystals . crystalinks.com ref The mining complex in Naica contains substantial deposits of silver , zinc , and lead . The Cave of Crystals is a horseshoe shaped cavity ... be submerged. The crystals deteriorate in air, so the Naica Project is attempting to visually document the crystals before they deteriorate further. ref http www.naica.com.mx english internas interna2 ... are much smaller, with small cauliflower formations and fine, threadlike crystals. ref name IcePalace ... and microbial characterization of the gypsum giant crystals were also performed. Uranium thorium ... age of the giant crystals, about 500,000 years. ref Cite conference last Stein Erik first Lauritzen ... gypsum crystals conference 33rd International Geological Congress IGC publisher UiB ref ref Cite ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Crystals Type studio Artist Sam Rivers Cover crystals album .jpg Released 1974 Recorded Generation Sound Studios, New York, New York on March 4, 1974 Genre Jazz Length 40 30 Label Impulse Records Impulse Producer Ed Michel Last album Hues album Hues br 1971 73 This album Crystals br 1974 Next album Sizzle album Sizzle br 1975 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1score Rating 5 5 ref Allmusic class album id r146343 pure url yes Allmusic review ref Automatically generated by DASHBot Crystals is an Avant garde music avant garde free jazz LP album LP by Sam Rivers on the Impulse Records Impulse label released in 1974 in a stereo quadraphonic format. Criticism Jazz critic Thom Jurek wrote Musically, this is the mature Sam Rivers speaking from the wide base of his knowledge as a composer, improviser and conceptualist. ref All Music Guide to Jazz ref Background It had been over a decade since Ornette Coleman had worked with his Free Jazz Double Quartet, nine years since John Coltrane assembled his Ascension band, and six since the first Jazz Composers Orchestra Association was formed and whose first records were issued a couple of members of that band also performing with Rivers on this record and the compositions for what eventually became Crystals were written between 1959 and 1972. They were finished as new elements came to him to fit them together conceptually. ref All Music Guide to Jazz ref Track listing Exultation 8 25 Tranquility 8 58 Postlude 2 31 Bursts 6 51 Orb 9 36 Earth Song 4 09 Reissues Crystals has been re mastered and reissued in a Mini LP jacket featuring artwork and extensive liner notes from the original vinyl release. Personnel Sam Rivers composer , Conducting conductor , saxophones Joe Ferguson musician Joe Ferguson ... http jazzfever.blogspot.com 2009 05 sam rivers crystals 1974.html Sam Rivers YouTube interview http www.youtube.com watch?v VhS4WHACgJQ References reflist DEFAULTSORT Crystals album Category Sam ... more details
Infobox shopping mall shopping mall name The Crystals image Crystal District.jpg image width 250 caption location Las Vegas Strip , Paradise, Nevada coordinates Coord 36 6 29 N 115 10 28 W type landmark region US NV display inline,title address 3720 S. Las Vegas Boulevard br Las Vegas, NV 89109 ref name vegascom cite web url http www.vegas.com shopping crystals.html title Vegas Shopping Crystals author ... parking floors website http www.crystalsatcitycenter.com Crystals footnotes The Crystals , also known as Crystals at CityCenter and Crystals Retail District , is CityCenter s convert 500000 sqft abbr ... environment that complements the overall city scene. In October, 2009, Crystals became the largest retail ... from the United States Green Building Council . ref name gamingnews cite news title Crystals at CityCenter receives LEED Gold Certification url http www.casinocitytimes.com news article crystals ... News date 22 October 2009 ref Retailers Retailers located at Crystals include div style column count ... Versace Yves Saint Laurent brand Yves Saint Laurent div Restaurants Restaurants located at Crystals ... House by Pure Management Group div CityCenter Tram The CityCenter Tram connects Crystals with the Monte ... File Crystals Exterior East 2010 03 06.JPG Exterior view along the Strip File Crystals Exterior Roof 2010 03 06.JPG Exterior view of the complex roof lines File Crystals Entry 2010 03 07.JPG Entry Sign File Crystals LEED Sign 2010 03 07.JPG The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design LEED Gold Certification sign at the entrance File Crystals Interior02 2010 03 06.JPG One of the shopping corridors File Crystals Interior03 2010 03 07.JPG Design element that houses Mastro s Ocean Club File Crystals Interior04 2010 03 06.JPG Flower arrangements inside the main shopping area gallery References reflist External links commonscat inline Las Vegas Strip MGM Mirage DEFAULTSORT Crystals Category ... The Crystals Las Vegas es The Crystals Las Vegas fa pl The Crystals ... more details
Infobox VG title Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon image developer ReadySoft released 1992 in video gaming 1992 genre Arcade game Arcade modes Single player platforms IBM PC compatible PC , Atari ST and Amiga Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon is an arcade game by ReadySoft that was released for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga in 1992. Guy Spy is a cartoon adventure similar to Dragon s Lair and Space Ace but features longer sections. Story Guy is summoned before the chief of international security and informed that the evil Baron Von Max has located the whereabouts of the legendary Crystals of Armageddon. Max needs these crystals to power the Doomsday device doomsday machine he has constructed in the mountains at an unknown location. References http amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com guyspy.htm CU Amiga, August 1992, page 54 56 arcade stub Category 1992 video games Category DOS games Category Amiga games ... more details
Infobox album Name Tim Christensen and The Damn Crystals Type Studio Artist Tim Christensen and The Damn Crystals Cover Tim Christensen and The Damn Crystals.jpg Released 25 November 2011 Recorded 28 January ... Birch Pontoppidan, Tim Christensen The Damn Crystals The Damn Crystals Last album Superior album Superior br 2008 This album Tim Christensen and The Damn Crystals br 2011 Next album Misc Singles Name Tim Christensen and The Damn Crystals Type studio Single 1 Surprise Me Single 1 date 21 October 2011 Single 2 Happy Ever After Single 2 date 31 January 2012 Tim Christensen and The Damn Crystals is the fourth ... Christensen and The Damn Crystals. The album was released on 25 November 2011 on Compact ... and the damn crystals.aspx Tim Christensen & The Damn Crystals webshop . Retrieved on 25 November ... 2005, which is now named Tim Christensen The Damn Crystals The Damn Crystals . Christensen felt ..., Tine Godsk 24 October 2011 . http www.dr.dk p3 musik p3suu 2011 10 24 tim christensen the damn crystals surprise me dk Tim Christensen & The Damn Crystals Surprise Me DK . DR P3 . da icon . ref ref ... the damn crystals tim christensen the damn crystals.htm Ugens album Tim Christensen & The Damn Crystals Tim Christensen & The Damn Crystals Album of the week . ref which is why he chose to invite the band ... with the 11 minute progressive rock progrock title track The Damn Crystals . ref name ugens This may ..., Tine Godsk 24 October 2011 . http www.dr.dk p3 musik p3suu 2011 10 24 tim christensen the damn crystals surprise me dk Tim Christensen & The Damn Crystals Surprise Me DK . DR P3 . da icon . ref According ... www.soundvenue.com anmeldelser 2011 11 25 tim christensen and the damn crystals tim christensen and the damn crystals Tim Christensen and The Damn Crystals Veloplagt guitarfr s Tim Christensen and The Damn Crystals Energetic guitar soaring . Sounvenue . da icon ref rev5 Jyllands Posten rev5Score ... article2620114.ece Tim Christensen and The Damn Crystals . Jyllands Posten . da icon ref rev6 Gaffa ... more details
Infobox animanga Header name Final Fantasy Legend of the Crystals image File Ff lotc box.jpg 200px caption Cover to the North American release of the anime ja kanji ja romaji Fainaru Fantaj genre Fantasy , Adventure , Comedy Infobox animanga Video type ova director Rintaro producer writer music studio Madhouse company Madhouse licensor flagicon Canada flagicon United States Urban Vision Entertainment first March 21, 1994 ref cite book title NTT Publishing Information Paper url http www.rpgamer.com games ff affw ffova graphics ad ffovainf.jpg year 1994 language Japanese ref last July 21, 1994 runtime 30 minutes each episodes 4 episode list Infobox animanga Footer nihongo Final Fantasy Legend of the Crystals Fainaru Fantaj is an anime OVA based on the Final Fantasy series of role playing video game s. It was released in Japan in 1994 and distributed by Urban Vision ... relicensed in North America. Legend of the Crystals takes place 200 years after the events of Final ... Fantasy V , named Planet R, set two hundred years in the future, where three of the four crystals ... title Final Fantasy Legend of the Crystals review url http www.animeworld.com reviews finalfantasylegend.html ... to complete tasks with words alone. The antagonist of Final Fantasy Legend of the Crystals is Ra Devil .... He steals Cid s brain away in hopes of using its knowledge of the four Crystals to his advantage, assuming ... V including the opening and the Chocobo theme. ref name Review1 Episodes Legend of the Crystals ... web title Final Fantasy Legend of the Crystals publisher T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews author Ross, Carlos ... Reflist Final Fantasy series FF FFV DEFAULTSORT Final Fantasy Legend Of The Crystals Category ... Fantasy in film and television Legend of the Crystals Category Final Fantasy V Legend of the Crystals ... of the Crystals ja OVA pl Final Fantasy Legend of the Crystals pt Final Fantasy Legend of the Crystals ru tl Final Fantasy Legend of the Crystals ... more details
Charcot Leyden crystals are microscope microscopic crystal s found in people who have allergy allergic diseases such as asthma or parasitic infections such as parasitic pneumonia or ascariasis . The CLC gene Charcot Leyden crystal protein interacts with eosinophil lysophospholipases. ref name pmid11834744 cite journal author Ackerman SJ, Liu L, Kwatia MA, et al. title Charcot Leyden crystal protein galectin 10 is not a dual function galectin with lysophospholipase activity but binds a lysophospholipase inhibitor in a novel structural fashion journal J. Biol. Chem. volume 277 issue 17 pages 14859 68 year 2002 month April pmid 11834744 doi 10.1074 jbc.M200221200 url http www.jbc.org cgi pmidlookup?view long&pmid 11834744 ref Appearance They vary in size and may be as large as 50 m in length. Charcot Leyden crystals are slender and pointed at both ends, consisting of a pair of hexagonal pyramids joined at their bases. Normally colorless, they are staining biology stained purplish red by Masson s trichrome trichrome . They consist of lysophospholipase , an enzyme synthesized by eosinophils , and are produced from the breakdown of these cells. Clinical significance They are indicative of a disease involving eosinophilic inflammation or proliferation, such as is found in allergic reactions and parasitic infections. Charcot Leyden crystals are often seen pathologically in patients with bronchial asthma. History Friedrich Albert von Zenker was the first to notice these crystals, doing so in 1851, after which they were described jointly by Jean Martin Charcot and Charles Philippe Robin in 1853, ref J. M. Charcot, C. P. Robin Observation de leucocyth mie. Comptes rendus de la Soci t de biologie, Paris, 1853, 44. ref then in 1872 by Ernst Viktor von Leyden . ref Ernst Victor von Leyden Zur Kenntnis des Asthma bronchiale. Virchows Archiv f r pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie, und f r klinische Medizin, Berlin, 1872, 54 324 344 346 352. ref See also Curschmann s Spirals ... more details
Venus hair can refer to In geology, fine crystals of rutile in quartz . In horticulture, a name for ferns in the genus Adiantum . disambig ... more details
Druse can refer to Druze , a Middle Eastern religious community Druse botany , an aggregation of calcium oxalate crystals found in certain plants Druse geology , an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral. Drusen , pathological deposits in the eye See also Druce disambiguation disambig de Druse nl Druse pl Druzy ru ... more details
Image Natroliteinde1.jpg right thumb Natrolite showing acicular crystal habit NOTOC Acicular , in mineralogy , refers to a crystal habit composed of a radiating mass of slender, needle like crystals . Minerals with this habit tend to be fragile and complete, undamaged specimens can be uncommon. Examples Some minerals with an acicular habit include mesolite , natrolite , ref Hamilton, W.R. et al. 1974 The Hamlyn Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils , London, Hamlyn, page 9. ref malachite , gypsum , rutile and brochantite . Differences from other habits Some minerals like creedite form prismatic crystals that appear to be acicular, but are instead prismatic in a bladelike form these can be told apart by the fact that all prismatic crystals are less sharp, sometimes are tipped with a pyramid al shape, and keep a standard cross section shape with straight edges. Acicular crystals differ from fibrous crystals in their thickness crystals with a fibrous habit are much thinner, sometimes to the point of being flexible like hair, while acicular crystals are thicker and rigid. See also Image Millerite Quartz 232902.jpg right thumb Needle shaped acicular millerite crystals on white quartz Zeolite References reflist http www.galleries.com minerals property habits.htm acicular http www.mindat.org External links http www.highbeam.com doc 1G1 101261413.html Skeletal microstructure of Galaxea fascicularis exsert septa a high resolution SEM study , Biological Bulletin geology stub Category Mineral habits ... more details
Conchoid can refer to Conchoid mathematics Conchoid curve , an equation discovered by the mathematician Nicomedes Conchoidal fracture , a breakage pattern characteristic to certain glasses and crystals disambig ... more details
Multiple issues context October 2009 orphan November 2006 unreferenced January 2009 The preferential alignment is a criterion of an orientation of a molecule or atom. The preferential alignment can be related to the formation of the crystal structure of an Amorphous solid amorphous structure. For a polymer material with liquid crystals , the liquid crystals are molecules shaped like rigid rods. Just as logs being floated down a river tend to travel parallel to the direction of the river, liquid crystals have a preferential alignment with each other. At high temperatures, this alignment is disrupted and the material is said to be in the isotropic state. At lower temperatures, the alignment will take place and the liquid crystals are said to be in the pneumatic state Hoong.C.C . DEFAULTSORT Preferential Alignment Category Crystallography ... more details
Cryo bio crystallography is the application of crystallography at cryogenic temperatures. Basic principles Cryo crystallography enables X ray data collection at cryogenic, near liquid nitrogen temperatures also called N2 . Crystals are transferred from mother liquor to a hydrocarbon environment Crystals are mounted with a glass fiber as opposed to a capillary Crystals are cooled with a cold nitrogen stream on a diffraction apparatus to prevent the solvent freezing in the crystals thus maintaining crystallographic integrity. Advantages Significant improvement of resolution in data collection Reduced or eliminated radiation damage in crystals Usefulness and applications Crystallography of large biological macromolecules can be achieved while maintaining their solution state. The most known example is the ribosome . ref cite journal author Hope H title Cryocrystallography of biological macromolecules a generally applicable method journal Acta Crystallogr. B volume 44 issue 1 pages 22 26 year 1988 pmid 3271102 ref References reflist 1 Category Crystallography ... more details
File LvMS Lvl&Lvsm.jpg thumb left A porphyritic volcanic sand grain, as seen under the petrographic microscope . The large grain in the middle is of a much different size class than the small needle like crystals around it. Scale box in millimeters. Image olearyandesite.jpg thumb 250px Andesite porphyry from summit of O Leary Peak . This is an extrusive porphyritic rock, as the pink and black phenocrysts are clearly visible, in contrast the grey groundmass with its microscopic crystals. Image FeldsparsGranite.JPG thumb 250px Porphyritic texture in a granite. This is an intrusive porphyritic rock. The white, square feldspar phenocrysts are much larger than crystals in the surrounding matrix eastern Sierra Nevada U.S. Sierra Nevada , Rock Creek Canyon, California. Porphyritic is an adjective used in geology , specifically for igneous rock s, for a rock that has a distinct difference in the size of the crystals, with at least one group of crystals obviously larger than another group. ref Dietrich, R. and Skinner, B., 1979, Rocks and Rock Minerals, pg. 108. ref Porphyritic rocks may be aphanite s or extrusive , with large crystals or phenocryst s floating in a fine grained groundmass of non visible crystals, as in a porphyritic basalt , or phanerite s or intrusive , with individual crystals of the groundmass may be easily distinguished with the eye, but one group of crystals clearly much bigger than the rest, as in a porphyritic granite . Most types of igneous rocks may display some degree of porphyritic texture. One main type of rock that has a porphyritic texture are porphyry geology porphyry , though not all porphyritic rocks are porphyries. Formation Porphyritic rocks are formed when a column of rising magma is cooled in two stages. In the first stage, the magma is cooled slowly deep in the crust, creating the large crystal grains, with a diameter of 2 mm or more. In the final stage, the magma is cooled rapidly at relatively shallow depth or as it erupts from a ... more details
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