These common snowflakes are thin, plate-like crystals with six broad arms that form a star-like shape.

常见的雪花很薄，而且是类如盘状的晶体，有六片分枝形成了星状。

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As a liquid, the blue phase shows the 3d-space group symmetry, just like crystals, which arouses people's interest.

作为一种流体，液晶蓝相能像晶体一样有三维空间群对称性，这引起了人们的广泛兴趣。

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The whole point about T-shirts is you choose them in the morning according to your mood, like crystals, or aromatherapy oils.

恤是要在早上醒来后根据当时的情绪选择穿的，就像是选择水晶或是健身香油一样。

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Snow crystals grow in one of two designs - plate-like and columnar.

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Columnar snow crystals look like sticks of ice.

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The result was a pattern of spots that shows that the lens-like crystals do indeed behave as lenses.

ECONOMIST: Brittlestar eyes

Something happens to your sense of time here: It compresses like the crystals of blue ice, then falls away like a calving glacier.

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Unfortunately for snow enthusiasts, the model found that the fragile needle-like ice crystals connecting the two layers can be broken easily and separated by the weight of new snow or a skier.

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