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Sugar Crystals & Rock Candy Pictures

From Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com

Do you know what rock candy looks like? See rock candy and other images of sugar crystals including a micrograph of a sucrose crystal.

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  1. Sucrose or Saccharose
  2. Sucrose
  3. SaccharoseMolecular structure of saccharose or sucrose, also known as table sugar.
  4. Sucrose CrystalsSucrose or sugar crystal magnified by a microscope.
  5. Sugar Crystals - SucroseThis is a photo of magnified crystals of sucrose, or table sugar.
  6. Multicolored Rock Candy SticksYou can make rock candy any color or flavor you like.
  7. Homemade Blue Sugar CrystalsThe sugar crystals of homemade rock candy tend to be relatively small.
  8. Blue and Green Rock CandyRock candy consists of sugar crystals.
  9. Brown Sugar Rock CandyIf you crystallize raw sugar or brown sugar you will get rock candy that is golden or brown.
  10. Sugar CubeSugar Cube
  11. Sugar CubesSugar cubes are pre-measured blocks of sucrose.
  12. Rock CandyThis rock candy is shaped like cubes.
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