Icosahedrite, Al63Cu24Fe13, the first natural quasicrystal

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 928-931

  Bindi, Luca ^a,b   Steinhardt, Paul J ^c   Yao, Nan ^d   Lu, Peter J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microprobe data; Icosahedrite; Kamchatka; Khatyrka; Natural quasicrystal; New mineral; Reflectance data; Russia; X ray diffraction data

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALLOYS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; CHROMIUM METALLOGRAPHY; COBALT ALLOYS; COBALT METALLOGRAPHY; COPPER ALLOYS; COPPER METALLOGRAPHY; CORUNDUM; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; IRON ALLOYS; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; MINERALS; QUASICRYSTALS; REFLECTION; SILICA; SILICON ALLOYS; TERNARY ALLOYS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC METALLOGRAPHY;

ELECTRON MICROPROBE DATA; ICOSAHEDRITE; KAMCHATKA; KHATYRKA; NEW MINERAL; REFLECTANCE DATA; RUSSIA; X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA;

ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; ICOSAHEDRITE; LATTICE DYNAMICS; NEW MINERAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

KAMCHATKA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 79958275573     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3758     Document Type: Article

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