Once upon a time in Kamchatka: The search for natural quasicrystals

Paul J. Steinhardt; Luca Bindi

doi:10.1080/14786435.2010.510457

Once upon a time in Kamchatka: The search for natural quasicrystals

Paul J. Steinhardt
, Luca Bindi

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Abstract

We present evidence for a naturally occurring quasicrystal consisting of micron-sized grains of Al₆₃Cu₂₄Fe₁₃ with icosahedral symmetry embedded in a sample of khatyrkite (nominally, (Cu,Zn)Al₂) obtained from the Khatyrka ultramafic zone of the Koryak Mountains in the northern half of the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2421-2426
Number of pages	6
Journal	Philosophical Magazine
Volume	91
Issue number	19-21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14786435.2010.510457
State	Published - Jul 1 2011

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Condensed Matter Physics

Keywords

X-ray diffraction
alloys
aperiodic materials
geological materials
inorganic materials
quasicrystals

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