Kartesh in his downtime approaches whoever has the goggles that can see either ethereal or microvison and asks to borrow them for a few hours.
He then goes to Zora and asks for her permission ,and even instruction on how to look at the ship crystals on a geological level,so composition ,comparison to what type of crystal.
Using this vision run through his Computer, via cable,he uses his Computer to assist his Research on the Crystals.