ABOUT CRYSTALS 1. What is a crystal?
Crystals are naturally occurring minerals that have grown. Because crystals have strong electromagnetic fields and are often formed under intense pressure, their atoms and molecules are closely packed. Crystals respond in a particular way to different forms of energy, from heat, light, sound and electricity and are known to have specialised energy transduction properties – as seen by the common use of Quartz crystals to precisely regulate time pieces. Certain crystals, such as members of the quartz family, possess piezoelectricity, a quality that allows electrical impulses to pass through a crystal in a pre-determined path. This makes quartz useful in the manufacture of silicon chips in computers.
