An one-of-a-kind piece of research, Geologists and Geophysicists from Italy and USA discovered the first known antropogenic quasicrystal. It was synthesized during the first atomic test at Alamogordo in New Mexico (USA) in July 16th 1945.
The research has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Link for the paper of Professor Bindi et al.: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/22/e2101350118
Link for the LANL press release: https://www.lanl.gov/discover/news-release-archive/2021/May/0517-quasicrystal.shtml?source=newsroom-2020-tiles
Credits of featured image: LANL.
Materials at Extremes 