Quasicrystals have structural properties intermediate between crystalline and amorphous materials. They can be synthesized in the lab but, as Luca Bindi explains, they may also be present in natural materials formed under extreme conditions.
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Bindi, L. Quasicrystalline shifting in natural orders. Nat. Geosci. 18, 200 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-025-01656-w
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