Crystals from the Very Large to the Very Small (IMAGE)

University of Leeds

Crystals from the Very Large to the Very Small

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This is a photo-composite showing at left giant gypsum crystals up to 11 meters long in the Cave of Crystals, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, and at right tiny assembled bassanite nanoscrystals just before they transform to gypsum as produced by the researchers in the lab.

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Left-hand photo credited to Javier Trueba Right-hand high-resolution microphotograph credited to Liane G. Benning, University of Leeds

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Please credit as: Left-hand photo credited to Javier Trueba Right-hand high-resolution microphotograph credited to Liane G. Benning, University of Leeds

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