Rocks & Minerals : How Do Crystals Form?

Crystals form very slowly in a cavity of liquid, and solids form from the liquid into geometric patterns. Understand the formation of crystals with information from a geology professor in this free video on rocks.

Expert: Jeffrey K. Wagner
Bio: Jeffrey K. Wagner is an associate professor of astronomy and geology. He has been a faculty member of Bowling Green State University Firelands since 1981.
Filmmaker: Bradley Walton

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• rocks
• minerals
• metals
• stones
• geology
• geologist
• rocks and minerals
• types of rocks

[C4FishingTeam]

@onefodderunit You are welcomed. 

[onefodderunit]

@C4FishingTeam

Thank you very much. It's strange to me how the facets on quartz can be so smooth and defined, as if formed in a mold.

[C4FishingTeam]

@onefodderunit Faces on a mineral are formed due to their chemical composition. The way the elements arrange in a crystal lattice determines the outer shape of the crystal :)

[onefodderunit]

This describes conditions in which formations occur, not the means of faceting, which is my question.

[hottubpenguin]

Fluffee Brought me here

[frankensteinmoneymac]

@rotateaxis You have my hatchet? Where did you bury my hatchet!! Tell me now!!!!

[rotateaxis]

@frankensteinmoneymac oh thanx professor! BURY THE HATCHET!

right?

[frankensteinmoneymac]

@rotateaxis Quite right, dear sir. Quite right indeed.

[rotateaxis]

@frankensteinmoneymac yes we know your not funny. your crazy if you talk like this man

[frankensteinmoneymac]

a rock does not contain any minerals! Crystals need no conditions to grow! They evolve through consciousness! They can be made through thought forms!!! You should listen to me I have three testicles!!!! YES!!!!! I !!!! DO!!!!!

I am also a barbarian, and I grow crystals with my mind......I can seed the Sparrows of Crimson Night with my anal fumes and free the land of the green man with my space ship! I am on many, many drugs. YES!!!! I !!!! AM!!!!

I AM NOT FUNNY!!!!