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Cystine is an amino acid, which is a constituent of the urinary stones. It also is deposited in eyes, thyroid glands, bone marrow and white blood corpuscles. Crystals of cystine have been grown by both solution and gel methods. Small bunched hexagonal crystals, along with many other morphological crystals of size 0.3 mm across, were obtained. The crystals were analysed by X-ray diffraction and IR analyses.
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Girija, E.K., Kalkura, S.N. & Ramasamy, P. Crystallization of cystine. J Mater Sci: Mater Med 6, 617–619 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00123439
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