Ultra-rare quasicrystal found in Russian meteorite
An international team of researchers has discovered an ultra-rare quasicrystal, reportedly the third ever to be found in nature, in a sample from a meteorite that landed in Russia. The object was found consisting of aluminium, iron and copper. Quasicrystals are a form of solids intermediate between disordered amorphous solids and crystals which have repeating structures of atomic lattices.