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Is a crystal alive? Why or why not?

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A crystal is an inorganic (not alive, not from something alive) homogeneous solid (meaning a solid with the same properties at all points) with a three-dimensional, repeated ordering of atoms or molecules. ... Crystals grow in one of three primary ways: from a vapor, from a solution or from a melt.

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