bogus crystals

Well, the crystals didn't diffract well enough to even get the space group. The crystallographer suspected that they crystals were twinned. Very dissapointing, as this was going to be a good solid page in the paper I was writing. All hope is not lost however, as there are still several crystallization methods that are still under consideration and the distinct possibility that the original mess could give me a non-twinned cyrstal. It would help if the argon-box freezer would stay cold for more than a day at a time.