Bragg Your Pattern

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A group of pattern scientists (crystallographers) sharing posts using the #BraggYourPattern hashtag, see a pattern, take a photo, share and enjoy! https://braggyourpattern.com/

microscope image of the weave on a dress - the light makes the blue dress fibres appear silver and each individual strand can be seen
Image from google maps of Australia and New Zealand with 750 locations marked on it - each location is of a primary school that has received a crystal explorer kit.
A map of Australia and New Zealand with pins indicating the location of a primary school that have received a Crystal Explorer Kit.
An image of the contents of a box of science communication equipment. There are eight boxes of crystal explorer kit, a tube with some mineral samples, a USB microscope, 3D printed Einstein tiles, freebies puzzles and of course a big bag of jubes (gelatine sweets) and toothpicks.
image of the inside of the crystal explorer kit
A map of Australia and New Zealand showing the locations of primary schools that have signed up for our Free Crystal explorer kit - they are well spread over the two countries
Ready packaged crystal explorer kits ready to be distributed to schools
A box that is open with the lid to one side, inside the box is a booklet that is titled 'Crystal explorer Kit' and the lid has a sticker with the same title and an amusing picture of Sir William Lawrence Bragg
Snapshot from google maps showing mainly Australia and New Zealand. There are 52 pins showing the locations of primary schools that have signed up for a crystal explorer kit.
Image of the large diamond model
A map of Australia and New Zealand with blue dots that indicate where school have signed up to receive the Crystal Explorer kits
image of a crystal model kit box, with the contents displayed. Inside the box there are two packets, one of black atoms and one of grey bonds
An image of a large diamond crystal structure model with a large sign on the top of it
image of the front cover of a booklet, with the title 'Crystal Explorer Kit'. The cover has images of connected atoms and logos from project supporters SCANZ and ANSTO
Ripple patterns in the sand of a beach in the North Atlantic. There are two types of pattern overlaid with each other, vertically (up the beach) there are long ridges of sand, probably from the waves. Horizontally there are short lines in between the wave lines. They are interspersed with a small amount of seaweed