Energon Crystal

Energon crystals are a powerful raw form of Energon with a drawback that they're also extremely unstable if one wasn't careful in handling it. They are the unprocessed form of energon and are usually found in Energon mines. Energon can be made form in any type of energon crystal.

History
Raw Energon is naturally shaped as crystals that must be processed into liquid form for consumption by Cybertronian life-forms and machines. Energon is stored and shipped in crystal cubes that are then processed into liquid form by an Energon converter, or an Energon harvester.

When the Great War broke out, both Autobots and Decepticons seeded Energon crystals all across the galaxy for the sole reason of hiding them from the opposing forces. It is the reason why Energon deposits exist on alien planets such as Earth to be mined. They were highly combustible and when detonated in bulk, created a large enough explosion to destroy a mountain.

On occasion, Energon deposits would be buried due to environmental shifts of the world they were planted on and were unmineable by conventional means. The largest of these deposits became known as an N.D.7 class.

Dark Energon also naturally formed in crystals identical in appearance (save the colour) to regular Energon crystals. Like regular Energon, it had to be converted into cubes, or liquid form for consumption. Crystals were also the natural form of Red Energon, which likewise had to be refined into liquid form for a Cybertronian to access its speed enhancing powers.