BCC9804, Cometary, Selected photomicrographs in narrow field of view. Detail to the micrometer level. Notice the multiple crystallized dust particles accreting to make up a single grain of silicate matter. Because of the breakdown through weathering of larger surface material on Earth, one cannot find this combination individual grains as shown below.
    The crystallization of individual dust particles coagulating or accreting (randomly) to form a single grain can only occur in a region surrounding the plasma of a star, or in very tightly controlled laboratory conditions. However, the gravitational conditions on Earth and subsequently in the Laboratory would be very likely to interfere with this process when trying to control it at the particulate level, unless of course you're trying to make semi-conductors using an RF source. In which case the particles would have to be charged to strike their grounded target and would not result in the host of natural grains as shown below, but rather would result in, well what else, semi-conducting circuits. Field of view is approximately 2.0mm for the graphs. This is not intended to address synthetic gem production in a Diamond Anvil Cell or similar Apparatus, because that process is very much different from silicate matter produced in a disordered environment, ( plasma ) surrounding a star. So please don't send me any email about that.

Dark circles on image at right are trapped air bubbles.

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