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by Gary


Why I Chose This Topic
   
The purpose of this project is simply just showing the creation God has made and learning more about it. This simple phrase is applicable to all studies ever made about the world. God says it is important to see the creation and study it, for in creations, shows the Creator. Especially in the design of crystal formations, which even includes snowflakes, ice and the obvious actual crystal rock formations.
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Science Concept 

The formations of crystals and crystal structures are incredibly unique looking. Whether it be the honey on your table, a science kit, or the actual rock structures. Crystals are known all around the world for their complex and pretty design. There are so many different types of crystals, they come in many colors and many sizes. Like the common but brilliant quartz, amethyst. If you didn’t know, amethyst is part of the quartz family. Fun fact, It is actually the rarest quartz crystal. It is often considered the prettiest and most prized for quartz. But for the uses of this concept it can be rather minimal, crystals are not very widely used for practical matters, generally they are used in rings, jewelry, and maybe even buildings depending on the purpose. But crystals do have some sort of practical use. They are used in lasers and a good study of light refraction and reflection. The garnet crystal, which is a synthetic crystal, is the most common crystal in lasers. There’s different formations of crystalline structures as well such as the crystalline structure which is all neat, orderly and compact. Then you have the polycrystalline structure which is mainly random but can be orderly sometimes. Next up is the amorphous structure, the reason why there is no crystalline at the end of that word is because it, at this point, is not considered a crystal. By the way did you know even your honey has crystalline structures when it sits out for too long. Not to mention that even when it snows every single snowflake there is a crystalline structure uniquely made, it has never been accounted that any snow flake was perfectly alike another. God has made us different each and every one of us, like the snow He lets fall with the beauty it shows as well.
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Application
   
The application for crystalline structures and crystal studies is for inventions and to learn more about God and his immaculate ways. The Lord has put great design into all things, us alike. Per Say, the way the lord has made the honey to crystalize and to protect itself. The laser diodes made from these crystals are absolutely beautiful as well with the many colors, and even used to make stronger lasers for even more experimentation and to study God even more. Even without the lasers the crystalline structures are pompous and flashy which is why they are used in the wedding ring. To say crystals are not important at all are a complete fallacy, and not true at all. Crystalline structures are the building blocks of some of the things we eat and build with as well. Think of clay and simple table salt, those as well have crystalline structures. Infact, most metalloids also have crystalline structures as well, even copper has a crystalline structure.  I think the studies of all things are important, so I urge you to even, at the very least, to take a look at the things even just around, and think about what thought and effort was put into even the littlest of things God has made. For knowing God's creation is key and He tells us to know and indulge in learning about Him and His creation. For without a Creator, there would be no creation. So whether you have an interest in studying crystals or not, please do learn about other things He has made for us. Now please enjoy my other patrons and friends around my work, for they have much to say as well. But keep in mind that all things He has made…even the simplest, the complex and even the unknowns of the world, God has made.
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Famous Scientist 
    
Arguably the most famous crystallographer is Sir Lawrence Bragg, he is often considered the father of crystallography in fact. He and his father worked on one of the most important questions in science. Are x-rays streams of particles, or waves of particles. This important question was used to make machines we have now and today for medical devices, whether it be finding broken bones, or other issues inside the body, it was a very important question to answer for modern practices of all types.
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Career Path
    
A career in crystallography may involve working for the government and helping in many different fields. They help, assist and work with other crystallographers, scientists and chemists. They get paid 49 thousand to 110 thousand dollars a year. Making this job a decently well paying job and the work hours being a standard nine to five hours and workdays being monday through friday having weekends off. 
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