On 2/5/2017 4:19 PM, Peter Reilley wrote:
I am curious: is the quartz in a high quality quartz crystal perfect? That is; is the crystalline lattice perfect, without flaws or impurities? I assume that the quartz is grown in a furnace, can we grow perfect quartz crystals? Pete.
Even a perfect crystal has thermal stress as the temperature changes. Rick _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
