Thursday, October 23, 2008

Crystalline Copper




Source: http://www.eyeofscience.com/frame1.html

The caption reads:
This naturally grown copper crystal comes from the Clara pit in the Black Forest. In nature, copper usually appears as a mineral, and only rarely in crystal form, as seen here. The total length of the crystal is only around .3mm. Colored scanning electron micrograph, Magnification x340 and x270.

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