[Rockhounds] New type of icosahedral quasicrystal found in Trinitite

[rik.dillen at skynet.be]

For those interested and capable to read Dutch (or have it translated by a translation program): we published in 2014, the international year of crystallography, an article on quasicrystals in mineralogy.
The issue in question (devoted to crystallography) is available for free download on our website:  http://www.mineralogie.be/GN-archief/GN2014-01.pdf
If someone would be interested a permission can be granted for publication of a translated version in another magazine.
The modalities  and how and who would take care of the translation can be discussed if a request actually appears. Anyway, there would be no cost.
Grts,

Rik Dillen
rik.dillen at skynet.be
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Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 1:16
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Subject: [Rockhounds] New type of icosahedral quasicrystal found in Trinitite

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
More about Quasicyrstals
‘Time crystals’ created in two new types of materials These crystals repeat their patterns at regular time intervals, not distances By Emily Conover, Science News, May 4, 2018 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/time-crystals-created-two-new-types-materials
Third kind of quasicrystal found in Russian meteorite Odd mineral first to be discovered in nature before being made in lab By Thomas Summer, Science News, December 8, 2016 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/third-kind-quasicrystal-found-russian-meteorite
The quest for quasicrystals is a physics adventure tale ‘The Second Kind of Impossible’ reveals how scientists found the strange materials in nature By Lisa Grossman, Science News, February 19, 2019 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/quest-quasicrystals-physics-adventure-tale
Yours,
Paul H.
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