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'Impossibly Perfect' Crystals Found in Nature
published by the Discovery Communications, Inc.
This Discovery News article reports the discovery of naturally occurring quasicrystals, or crystals with a non-periodic structure. Previously, quasicrystals were thought to exist only in the laboratory. The article explains the differences between crystals and quasicrystals, and includes a picture of a quasicrystal found by scientists.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/04/quasicrystal-nature.html
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2009 Discovery Communications, Inc.
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Keywords: aperiodic tiling, crystals, penrose tiles, quasicrystals
Record Creator: Metadata instance created July 20, 2009 by Raina Khatri
Record Updated: Jan 28, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 July 24, 2009
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'Impossibly Perfect' Crystals Found in Nature (Discovery Communications, Inc., Silver Spring, 2009), WWW Document, (http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/04/quasicrystal-nature.html).
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'Impossibly Perfect' Crystals Found in Nature. (2009, July 24). Retrieved September 9, 2010, from Discovery Communications, Inc.: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/04/quasicrystal-nature.html
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Discovery Communications, Inc.. 'Impossibly Perfect' Crystals Found in Nature. Silver Spring: Discovery Communications, Inc., July 24, 2009. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/04/quasicrystal-nature.html (accessed 9 September 2010).
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'Impossibly Perfect' Crystals Found in Nature. Silver Spring: Discovery Communications, Inc., 2009. 24 July 2009. 9 Sep. 2010 <http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/04/quasicrystal-nature.html>.
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