When looking at calcite under a microscope, a scientist would immediately recognize the crystalline form of calcium carbonate by its rhombohedral appearance. That is, calcite is shaped like a ...
Florida is Not Known for Crystals... THIS is Why it Should Be! Finding Calcite in Fossil Clams! In today's video, PaleoCris and I went to meet up with our buddy Derek to do some rockhounding here in ...
At first glance, these fossil clams looked ordinary. But once opened, they revealed something completely unexpected. Calcite crystals had formed inside over millions of years. This video captures the ...
Quasiparticles in motion: illustration of ghost polaritons in a calcite crystal being “launched” to record distances by a gold microdisk. (Courtesy: HUST) The existence of ghost hyperbolic surface ...