And the answer always came back, peak by peak, card by digital card.
He realized something profound. The JCPDS was not a database. It was a covenant. Every time a scientist ran an XRD pattern, they were standing on the shoulders of thousands of anonymous librarians of the crystal world. The JCPDS had answered the most arrogant question a scientist could ask: “I have a grain of dust. Tell me exactly what it is.” jcpds xrd
Leo gasped. “That’s a Martian mineral! A sulfate hydrate formed in freezing brine.” And the answer always came back, peak by