1. Clays and muds and rocks are made of tiny crystals. 2. Crystallizable polymers consist of a mass of tiny crystals, usually mis-oriented with respect to one another and embedded in non-crystalline material. 3. Now we simultaneously drop into our supersaturated solution a tiny flat crystal and a tiny chunky crystal. 4. Above this line, known as the Fall Line, crystalline rocks from the Piedmont Plateau began to break down, and streams carried the tiny crystals seaward. 5. But extreme chill coaxed traces of water vapor out of its gaseous hiding place, transforming the invisible into a myriad of tiny crystals called ice fog. 6. Ever open a bottle of wine and notice tiny crystals sticking to the bottom of the cork? 7. One type of vertigo, for example, is caused when tiny crystals in the inner ear become loose and start floating free in the fluid-filled canals. 8. Semiconductors are tiny crystals that conduct electricity. 9. The debate now hangs on the presence of tiny magnetic crystals in the meteorite. 10. The sounds are made by tiny piezoelectric crystals that vibrate in response to current sent from a microchip. |