PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To acquire crystal information about a specified crystal grain, irrespective of the kind of material. SOLUTION: An area other than the crystal grain of a measuring object is coated thinly with an amorphous liquid material, an amorphous powder of high X-ray absorptivity is further applied thereto to be fixed, and only the crystal information about a specified crystal is thereby acquired by X-ray diffraction. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI