Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Crystallization

Snow on a Tree

Water crystallizes when it's temperature drops below 32 degrees F.  From what I can read, this is the less common form of crystallization.  the more common form is characterized by precipitation of crystals from a solution.  An example would be salt water.  The water evaporates and the salt crystals are left.
Quartz Crystals

You can kind of see with these quartz crystals, that they were in a solution.  There was a level, at that time, bottom.  They precipitated out of the solution as it left the area. 

Goldenrod
These crystals probably came directly from the air onto the goldenrod.  They may have skipped the liquid state.


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