Once upon a time in Kamchatka: the search for natural quasicrystals
@article{Steinhardt2010OnceUA,
title={Once upon a time in Kamchatka: the search for natural quasicrystals},
author={P. Steinhardt and L. Bindi},
journal={Philosophical Magazine},
year={2010},
volume={91},
pages={2421 - 2426}
}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.
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