The team finally comes upon a crystal formation in a massive cavern.

In all cases the common trend is for crystal formation to begin within partially consolidated sediment.

However, some crystal formations have been damaged by earthquakes in the far past.

Gajdusek had a theory that it might occur through something resembling the physical process of crystal formation.

The scientific study of crystals and crystal formation is known as crystallography.

For more details on geological crystal formation, see above.

But crystal formation is famously fickle, so I could be wrong.

So, whenever the conditions are favourable, crystal formation results from simply cooling the solution.

The sun was setting and its color tinted the crystal formation with myriad shades of red.

Make sure to use the same size and shapes of pieces of paper since that might impact crystal formation as well.