“…However, between these relatively well studied limiting cases, there is a world of mixed crystals composed of nanometer to micrometer size blocks of different phases related to each other by crystallographic relationships. Pioneer work was done on mixtures of simple salts like ammonium chloride and transition metal chloride cocrystallizing from aqueous solutions. − Later, salts and molecular crystals were found to form mixed crystals with big dye molecules. , Independently, complex intergrowth of several phases were found among oxides, ferrites, high-temperature superconductors, , and various minerals including biopyriboles, carbonates, and sheet silicates. − Additionally, to direct crystallization, anomalous mixed crystals can form by means of solid state reactions. , Nowadays, increasing attention is paid to different crystal-complex organic molecules and crystal-polymer composites, , which are of high importance for biomineralization.…”