another odd article

Well, it's no dragons article, but it's not often you'll come across a phase like

It established that Cowper's fluid, allowed to dry at room temperature, gives rise to dendritic crystalline structures showing a remarkable pattern closely resembling fern leaves.

Andrologia. 1995 Nov-Dec;27(6):345-50.
Crystal content investigation ...

Berthou J, Chretien FC.
Laboratoire de Mineralogie-Cristallographie, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.

in PubMed