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Deep within Earth, minerals may disappear due to melting, or they may change into new minerals by metamorphism. Occasionally, at Earth’s surface, they may dissolve in water and disappear. The biggest threat to minerals, at least the minerals that we see most often, however, is that most of them are not stable when exposed to air, water, wind, and other elements at Earth surface. They just do not last very long on a geological time scale. Metamorphism may involve replacement of one mineral by another. For example, calcite may become aragonite or vice versa. Both minerals are CaCO 3, but their atomic structures differ. Mineralogical changes due to metamorphism, however, usually involve several different minerals reacting together. Dolomite (CaMg(CO 3) 2) and quartz (SiO 2) may react to form diopside (CaMgSi 2O 6) if a limestone containing quartz is metamorphosed at high temperature. The photo here shows green diopside surrounded by dolomite and calcite. 4.2.5 Weathering and Diagenesis 4.24 A weathering rind on a sandstone Forms may be closed, meaning that the form can completely enclose a volume of space, or open, meaning that it cannot. The cubic and octahedral forms are examples of closed forms. All the forms of the isometric system are closed, while all the forms of the monoclinic and triclinic crystal systems are open. A crystal's faces may all belong to the same closed form, or they may be a combination of multiple open or closed forms. [11] Fig. 22 (a) Molecular structures and (b) displacement ellipsoid representations (ellipsoids are drawn at 50% probability and hydrogen atoms omitted for clarity) aripiprazole (CCDC: 1944200), dithianion (CCDC: 1968245), cholesterol (CCDC: 1944206) and vitamin B12 (CCDC: 1944201) obtained via ENaCt. Setting intentions with crystals sounds like a lofty practice, but it’s actually very easy. It’s all about getting in touch with your true spiritual needs, and commemorating that newfound dedication to yourself. When you invest time into setting intentions with crystals, you’re really investing in your future. Set aside 11 minutes to set your intention and get crystal clear about what you want. Crystal intention setting begins when you find a quiet area to sit and reflect. Then hold your crystal in your hand to get in sync with its energy. Visualize your intention. When you feel ready, say intention your intention out loud three times. Repeat your crystal intention setting as often as needed to keep your energy focused on your goals. Place the crystal on your sacred altar, or somewhere that it can be easily viewed as a reminder of what you’re working towards.

Fig. 18 Microbatch under-oil crystallisation: (a) addition of sample into the oil, (b) supersaturation achieved via sample concentration, resulting in nucleation and crystal growth, and (c) analysis of a suitable crystal by SCXRD. Elements can combine in many ways to form crystals, but as atoms bond, they naturally tend to arrange themselves in the way that minimizes Gibbs free energy. For example, mineralogists have identified more than half a dozen naturally occurring polymorphs of silica (SiO 2). Polymorphs are minerals that have identical compositions but different arrangements of atoms and bonds. The polymorph with the lowest chemical energy is the stable form of SiO 2. Different polymorphs have the lowest energy under different pressure-temperature conditions. At room temperature and pressure α-quartz has the lowest energy and is stable; the other polymorphs are thermodynamically unstable. L. Zhu, R. O. Al-Kaysi and C. J. Bardeen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 12569–12575 CrossRef CAS PubMed. Crystallization is a complex and extensively-studied field, because depending on the conditions, a single fluid can solidify into many different possible forms. It can form a single crystal, perhaps with various possible phases, stoichiometries, impurities, defects, and habits. Or, it can form a polycrystal, with various possibilities for the size, arrangement, orientation, and phase of its grains. The final form of the solid is determined by the conditions under which the fluid is being solidified, such as the chemistry of the fluid, the ambient pressure, the temperature, and the speed with which all these parameters are changing. N. Kamali, C. O’malley, M. F. Mahon, A. Erxleben and P. Mcardle, Cryst. Growth Des., 2018, 18, 3510–3516 CrossRef CAS.So, well-formed mineral crystals often exhibit symmetry. But, it may not be cubic symmetry like fluorite – other shapes are possible. For example, the blue-gray barite (BaSO 4) crystals seen in this photo are tabular and have a long, an intermediate, and a short dimension. The shape, termed orthorhombic, is similar to the shape of a shoebox. Two of the most important polymorphs, α-quartz and β-quartz, are stable at low pressure. α-quartz is by far the most common of the silica polymorphs because it is stable at room temperature and pressure conditions. Because it is stable at lower temperature than β-quartz, α-quartz is sometimes called low quartz, and β-quartz is sometimes called high quartz. At 1 atm pressure, β-quartz exists only at high temperatures. Upon cooling it will turn into α-quartz at 573°C, so we have no room temperature samples of β-quartz to examine. Barite is an anisotropic mineral. The crystals have lots of symmetry, but it is different from the symmetry of fluorite. Still, when compared with many minerals, barite crystals are quite symmetrical. Olivine, some pyroxenes, and topaz all sometimes have crystal shapes similar to barite’s. 4.5 “Snowflake” obsidian (volcanic glass) R. Ou, H. Zhang, V. X. Truong, V. X. Truong, L. Zhang, H. M. Hegab, L. Han, J. Hou, X. Zhang, A. Deletic, L. Jiang, G. P. Simon and H. Wang, Nat. Sustainability, 2020, 3, 1052–1058 CrossRef. Simon Coles is a Professor of Structural Chemistry at the University of Southampton. He obtained his BSc from the University of Wales in 1992, followed by a PhD in structural systematic and molecular modelling in 1997. During a Royal Institution funded PDRA at Daresbury, he helped build the world's first Small Molecule Single Crystal synchrotron beamline, station 9.8. In 1998, Simon moved to the University of Southampton to establish a new laboratory and to manage the National Crystallography Service (NCS), becoming Director in 2009. Since 2019 he is also the Director of the UK Physical Sciences Data-Science Service.

The repeating chemical structure of crystals is said to invest them with a kind of memory. This means that crystals have the power to hold energies. You may hold a quartz crystal with the intention of filling it with your love. This is what is meant by programming a crystal. You do not need any wires or a special connection with God - all you need is intention and focus. The crystal will remember your love, which will then permeate any environment in which the crystal is placed. Crystals can remember negative as well as positive energies and so will sometimes need to be cleansed. For instance, an amethyst will actually help to cleanse a room of negative energies (eg. anger) but this means that the amethyst, which will retain an element of that negative energy, will itself occasionally require cleansing. S. Rojas, I. Colinet, D. Cunha, T. Hidalgo, F. Salles, C. Serre, N. Guillou and P. Horcajada, ACS Omega, 2018, 3, 2994–3003 CrossRef CAS PubMed. As magma cools, kinetic energy decreases when atoms slow down. Eventually, if magma cools sufficiently, atoms will slow down enough so that some bonds will begin to persist. This is the beginning of the formation of crystals from a melt, and the beginning of the formation of igneous minerals. Initial crystallization creates small nuclei, many of which continue as the centers of crystals during continued growth. Because of high temperatures and the molten state of magma, atoms are quite mobile and easily move toward the nuclei and to surfaces of growing crystals. So crystals may become large, like the dark colored pyroxene and light grey plagioclase in the gabbro in Figure 4.9.K. Ikemoto, Y. Inokuma and M. Fujita, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 5750–5752 CrossRef CAS PubMed. As with many objects used for divination and healing, a crystal can only do harm in the wrong hands. A crystal healer only uses a crystal as a tool. A great crystal does not make a great crystal healer, just as a great paintbrush does not make a great painter. You do need to take some care if you are looking for a crystal healer. If you cannot get a recommendation from a previous client, speak to the healer before accepting treatment. If you don't feel you would trust them in some everyday matter, neither should you trust them with your well-being. You should try to buy crystals from a reputable supplier and, after receiving them, it is wise to cleanse them (see above) of any negative energy that they may previously have absorbed. Use your intuition and you cannot go far wrong. If one day you feel a crystal no longer belongs in your home, it may be time to give it away. As you change you may find that you want different crystals around you, although many will stay with you happily for a long time. International Union of Crystallography (1992). "Report of the Executive Committee for 1991". Acta Crystallogr. A. 48 (6): 922–946. doi: 10.1107/S0108767392008328. PMC 1826680. Many spectacular mineral specimens come from hydrothermal deposits. Hydrothermal minerals are often brightly colored because they contain transition metals. Many are metallic and many form highly symmetrical crystals. The photos below show three examples. 4.19 Sphalerite from the French Alps 4.20 Pyrite from Elba Island, Italy 4.21 Blue azurite and green malachite from Bisbee, Arizona