crystalline
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Hiking enthusiast Brian Seibert summited the more than 13,000-foot face of Mount Morgan’s north ridge Sunday, offering him a sweeping panorama view of the jagged peaks and crystalline lakes of the Eastern Sierra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
His research centers on metal organic frameworks, or MOFs, which are crystalline, porous materials with structures that can be carefully customized.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
At the higher parts of the area, the rover encountered coarse, crystalline rock rich in olivine.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
The exhibition’s 11 sections unfold not chronologically, but more in the manner of evolution on earth, moving from simple and crystalline to complex and fleshed out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
He had handed over to her all the good crystalline DNA used in his original work and had agreed to confine his studies to other DNA, which he afterward found did not crystallize.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
Vocabulary lists containing crystalline
Earth Science - Middle School
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Structure and Properties of Matter - Middle School
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Rocks and Minerals - Introductory
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