salt crystal

collocation in English

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salt
adjective[before noun]
uk
/sɒlt/us
/sɑːlt/
containing or preserved ...
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crystal
noun
uk
/ˈkrɪs.təl/us
/ˈkrɪs.təl/
transparent glass of very high quality, usually with its surface cut into ...
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(Definition ofsaltandcrystalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The salivasaltcrystalformation is known as ferning, due to the visual similarity to a fern plant under the microscope as the saliva dries.
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Saltcrystalform from the sodium chloride which is available naturally in the area.
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Sedimentary structures found in this member include,saltcrystalcasts in the mudstone, and asymmetrical ripple marks and small-scale cross beds, in the sandstones.
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In addition, haloarchaeal cells were embedded within salt crystals under laboratory conditions and subsequently analysed by light microscopy.
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They are found in evaporite salt lakes and can be trapped in salt crystals during evaporation.
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Thesaltcrystalfound here is translucent?
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Artificially grown salt crystals containing fluid inclusions were investigated using light-microscopic techniques.
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This colonization takes place just a few millimetres beneath the halite rock surface, occupying spaces among salt crystals.
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When haloarchaea become captured in salt crystals, they may presumably be protected against radiation, temperature and space vacuum.
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Development of a protocol to retrieve microorganisms from ancient salt crystals.
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He soon plugged for the salt mine-type disposal, so that the salt crystals have a self-filling, backfill role to play.
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Salt crystals were mixed with pyrimethamine so as to provide a 0.07% pyrimethamine salt.
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Some believe that heated salt crystals emit negative ions or positive energy waves into the air.
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To use it a woman spits onto a glass slide to observe when salt crystals are forming to identify when she is ovulating.
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The shallow pools of seawater within the marsh evaporated under the hot summer sun enjoyed by the island, leaving a gleaming crust of salt crystals.
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The hot springs contained 30% salt and when evaporated provided salt crystals ready for harvest and ready for shipment.
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These hygroscopic salt crystals will hold moisture from a humid atmosphere and cause rusting.
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