crystal
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Shocked minerals are particularly important because their internal crystal structures have been altered by immense pressure.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
On a day of defiance in east Manchester, City's fans made their feelings crystal clear in their first top-flight home game since being found guilty of breaching Premier League financial rules.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
"If I had a crystal ball I would just say 'guys, get in the jacuzzi and I will see you tomorrow'."
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
To make this possible, the researchers developed a system built around a special crystal containing thorium atoms, manufactured at TU Wien.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
“Took you long enough,” Seed Collector said, holding the crystal fire above its head.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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By using more powerful lasers and developing higher-quality thorium crystals, they hope to substantially increase its precision.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Gravity then pulls those crystals to the ground.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Those crystals eventually become large enough to fall as rain or snow, depending on the temperatures below.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Parisi traveled to Oklahoma to obtain the Ames rock core from the Oklahoma Geological Survey, extracted zircon crystals from the material, and helped determine their ages.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
But she knew better, for clouds are made of water droplets and ice crystals, not sugar and butter and cream.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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A shining god raised me, and bade my fears Be flown, and I beheld the glorious throne Of crystaled light; with rays by man unknown.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous
“The house was crystalled out,” she told Vogue, but she didn’t want visitors to think she was a “crystal person”.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2019
Her eyes, her color, her smiles were radiance itself; her mobile lips curved over teeth as white and gleaming as crystalled snow.
From Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. by Charles King
She imagined that across these richly carved entrance-ways, where the globed and crystalled lamps shone upon paneled doors set with stained and designed panes of glass, was neither care nor unsatisfied desire.
From Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
Then two drops of crystalled dew From the hyacinth’s deep hue, Brought she for thine eyes of blue; And lest they should miss the sun, Bade thy soul to shine thereon.
From Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 by Lewis Gaylord Clark
She imagined that across these richly carved entrance-ways, where the globed and crystalled lamps shone upon panelled doors set with stained and designed panes of glass, was neither care nor unsatisfied desire.
From Sister Carrie: a Novel by Theodore Dreiser
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