[meteorite-list] On Quasicrystals and meteorites

From: J Sinclair <john_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 14:37:49 -0400
Message-ID: <CAAeS-uvRnJWFfNsaRV6y_4N2+FzDGuP5Gvro0k-FL8PsZ=2opw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Excellent article! Thanks for the link.

Josephinite and Allende also mentioned.

"Sure enough, the rock had the oxygen fingerprint of a meteorite, and
a rare and old kind, too: a CV3 carbonaceous chondrite..."

John

On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Yinan Wang via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> A good article describing natural quasicrystals and the meteorite it
> was found in. The meteorite contains ringwoodite and also aluminum:
>
> http://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20140613-quasicrystal-meteorite-poses-age-old-questions/
>
> -Yinan
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