That means there are five ways to rotate the crystal around an axis so that it looks the same. "Fivefold symmetry is very rare. That was the telltale sign that we might have a quasicrystal," said ...

Surrounded by 16 white pear-shaped and cushion-cut diamonds and hanging from a chain with 45 diamonds, the rare gem attracts ... what's necessary to grow diamond crystals in the Earth.

Meet “Zangenite,” a hollow crystal structure named in honor of the NYU graduate student who discovered it. Crystals, whether found in sugar, table salt, snowflakes, or diamonds, do not always grow in ...

The family-friendly show will take place at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison from Wednesday, May 14 ...

There are perhaps a dozen of these rare crystal skulls in private and public collections. Some are crystal clear, others of smoky or colored quartz. Some are actual human size and of very fine ...

So with all this in mind, how can the addition of nitrogen to iron make magnets that have properties comparable to rare-earth magnets? Again, it’s partly to do with the crystal structure ...

Distinctive and rare rock crystals were moved over long distances by Early Neolithic Brits and were used to mark their burial sites, according to groundbreaking new archaeological research. Evidence ...