Quasicrystal is extraterrestrial in origin
Friday, January 13, 2012 - 07:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A rare and exotic mineral, so unusual that it was thought impossible to exist, came to Earth on a meteorite, according to an international team of researchers led by Princeton University scientists. The discovery provides evidence for the extraterrestrial origins of the world's only known sample of a naturally occurring quasicrystal.