Re: [meteorite-list] On Quasicrystals and meteorites

2014-06-13 Thread J Sinclair via Meteorite-list
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 wrote: > A good

[meteorite-list] On Quasicrystals and meteorites

2014-06-13 Thread Yinan Wang via Meteorite-list
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 __ Visit the