[Rockhounds] New type of icosahedral quasicrystal found in Trinitite

[Paul]

A newfound quasicrystal formed in the first atomic bomb test
‘Trinitite’ contains a material that is ordered but doesn’t repeat itself
By Emily Conover, Science News, May 17, 2021
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-quasi-crystal-formed-first-atomic-bomb-test

The paper is:

Bindi, L., Kolb, W., G. Eby, N., Asimow, P. D., Wallace, T. C.,
and Steinhardt, P. J., 2021, Accidental synthesis of a previously
unknown quasicrystal in the first atomic bomb test Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences Jun 2021, 118 (22)
e2101350118; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2101350118

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Yours,

Paul H.