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fbharjo commented on the word wine diamond
a left-handed crystal
October 4, 2009
bilby commented on the word wine diamond
Crystals have hands?
October 4, 2009
fbharjo commented on the word wine diamond
yes, for chiral
August 22, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word wine diamond
"Tartaric acid may be most immediately recognizable to wine drinkers as the source of "wine diamonds", the small potassium bitartrate crystals that sometimes form spontaneously on the cork or bottom of the bottle. These "tartrates" are harmless, despite sometimes being mistaken for broken glass, and are prevented in many wines through cold stabilization (which is not always preferred since it can change the wine's profile). The tartrates remaining on the inside of aging barrels were at one time a major industrial source of potassium bitartrate."
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tartaric_acid&oldid=830080069
March 27, 2018