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Metal Crystals Photo Gallery

Beautiful Metal Crystals

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Did you know metals could grow as crystals? Some of these crystals are exceedingly beautiful and some can be grown at home or in a standard chemistry lab. This is a collection of photos of metal crystals, with links to instructions for growing metal crystals.

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This is a crystal of the metal bismuth.Bismuth CrystalBismuth is a crystalline white metal, with a pink tinge.Bismuth CrystalsThis is a photo of a crystal of pure silver metal, deposited electrolytically.Silver CrystalThese are crystals of pure gold metal.Gold Crystals
Tellurium is a brittle silver-white metalloid.Tellurium CrystalThis is a photo of an ultrapure (99.99%) crystal of yttrium metal.Yttrium Metal CrystalThis is a high-purity sample of cesium crystals.Cesium CrystalsPure gallium has a bright silver color.Gallium Crystals
Crystals of elemental magnesium.Magnesium CrystalsThis is a photo of bars of pure crystalline vanadium.Vanadium CrystalThis is a photo of a crystal of ultrapure osmium metal.Osmium CrystalsThis is a bar of crystalline 99.97% pure zirconium metal.Zirconium Crystal

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