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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. Rock CandyRock Candy
  7. Rock CandyThis is a partially-eaten stick of rock candy, or colored sugar (sucrose) crystals.
  8. Rock CandyThis rock candy is shaped like cubes.
  9. Sugar CubesSugar cubes are pre-measured blocks of sucrose.
  10. Sugar CubeSugar Cube
  11. Rock Candy Swizzle SticksRock Candy Swizzle Sticks
  12. Brown Sugar Rock CandyIf you crystallize raw sugar or brown sugar you will get rock candy that is golden or brown.

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