CRYSTALLIZATION by claude19
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Comme tous les corps simples et combinaisons chimiques, les minéraux peuvent se trouver sous les trois états: gazeux (dans les fumerolles), liquides (dans les magmas et les solutions hydrothermales) et solides.
Lorsqu'ils se solidifient, ils le font très souvent sous la forme cristalline. Certains comme l'agathe se présentent sous l'état solide "amorphe", mais ils peuvent aussi se transformer en cristaux au bout d'un temps plus ou moins long. L'état cristallin est donc la forme stable des minéraux solides.
Les cristaux se forment soit par refroidissement des minéraux en fusion, ou magmas, minéraux à l'état gazeux ou fumerolles (minéraux formés à hautes températures); soit à partir de solutions hydrothermales (minéraux de basses températures).
Like all the elements and chemical combinations, the minerals can be under the three states: gas (in the fumerolles), liquids (in the magmas and the hydrothermal solutions) and solids. When they are solidified, they very often do it in the crystalline form. Some like the Agathe present herself under the solid state " amorphe" , but they can be also transformed into crystals with the end of a more or less long time. The crystalline state is thus the stable shape of solid minerals. The crystals are formed is by cooling of minerals in fusion, or magmas, minerals with in gas state or fumerolles (mineral formed at high temperatures); maybe starting from hydrothermal solutions (minerals of low temperatures).
source :http://www.chez.com/pgosse/gem/crist.htm