quasicrystal
noun
qua·si·crys·tal
ˈkwā-ˌzī-ˌkri-stᵊl 
-sī-,
ˈkwä-zē-,
-sē-
: a body of solid material that resembles a crystal in being composed of repeating structural units but that incorporates two or more unit cells into a quasiperiodic structure
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Natural Laboratories The discovery is even more interesting because in the same detonation event another very rare material was formed: a silicon-rich quasicrystal, already documented by the team of experts led by Bindi a few years ago.
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Marta Musso, Wired News, 17 May 2026
The quasicrystal seen in trinitite is made of the same four elements—iron, silicon, copper and calcium—that make up the newfound clathrate.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 11 May 2026
In 2021, an international team of scientists described the discovery of a quasicrystal in a sample of red trinitite.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Since then, scientists have even found some (but not many) quasicrystals in nature.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
In 1982, Dan Shechtman discovered that symmetries akin to the ones in Penrose tilings show up in nature in the form of structures called quasicrystals, in work that earned him the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
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Marta Musso, Wired News, 17 May 2026
The quasicrystal seen in trinitite is made of the same four elements—iron, silicon, copper and calcium—that make up the newfound clathrate.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 11 May 2026
In 2021, an international team of scientists described the discovery of a quasicrystal in a sample of red trinitite.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Since then, scientists have even found some (but not many) quasicrystals in nature.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
In 1982, Dan Shechtman discovered that symmetries akin to the ones in Penrose tilings show up in nature in the form of structures called quasicrystals, in work that earned him the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
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“Quasicrystal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quasicrystal. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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