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The Crystalline Growth Ammunition or CGA process was an advanced form of creating ammunition from crystals as seen in the Type-31 Rifle and the Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher. The technology was formally used by the San 'Shyuum or Prophets as their main ammuniton against the Sangheili but when the Prophets gave up their warrior role the CGA technology became available to all the creatures of the Covenant. CGA uses a crystalline mineral called Opernite which expands rapidly when exposed to thermal energy and retains that some of that energy in a highly explosive state.