Crystal formations form from solutions, the combination of one state of matter into another. Some examples are-liquid into liquid, and gas into gas. All crystal growth patterns are ordered. No one really knows how crystals can join together and make the amazing formations like rubies and diamonds. Crystals grow from the outside.
Crystals can form from a solid, liquid, or gas.
Once scientists began studying the fascinating forms of crystals, a bright new science was born that is helping to answer some of the most important questions asked by men in almost every other scientific field today. This young science is called crystallography-the study of crystals. Like most things, crystals are made of molecules. Molecules have different behaviors in different surroundings or circumstances. All matter comes in one of three forms-solid, liquid, gas.