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Mineral contains: khatyrkite
Bindi L, Steinhardt P J, Yao N, Lu P J (2009) Natural quasicrystals. Science 324, 1306-1309
Havinga E E, Damsma H, Hokkeling P (1971) Compounds and pseudo-binary alloys with the CuAl2(C16)- type structure. Journal of the Less-Common Metals 27, 169-186
Hawthorne F C, Fleischer M, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A, Zilczer J A (1986) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 71, 1277-1282
Lin C, Hollister L S, MacPherson G J, Bindi L, Ma C, Andronicos C L, Steinhardt P J (2017) Evidence of cross-cutting and redox reaction in Khatyrka meteorite reveals metallic-Al minerals formed in outer space. Scientific Reports 7, 1637-14
Meetsma A, de Boer J L, van Smaalen S (1989) Refinement of the crystal structure of tetragonal Al2Cu. Journal of Solid State Chemistry 83, 370-372
Meier M M M, Bindi L, Heck P R, Neander A I, Spring N H, Riebe M E I, Maden C, Bauer H, Steinhardt P J, Wieler R, Busemann H (2018) Cosmic history and a candidate parent asteroid for the quasicrystal-bearing meteorite Khatyrka. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 490, 122-131
Razin L V, Rudashevskii N S, Vyal'sov L N (1985) New natural intermetallic compounds of aluminum, copper and zinc – khatyrkite CuAl2, cupalite CuAl and zinc aluminides – from hyperbasites of dunite–harzburgite formation. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 114, issue 1, 90-100
Steinhardt P J, Bindi L (2010) Once upon a time in Kamchatka: The search for natural quasicrystals. Philosophical Magazine 2010, 1-6
Suttle M D, Twegar K, Nava J, Spiess R, Spratt J, Campanale F, Folco L (2019) A unique CO-like micrometeorite hosting an exotic Al-Cu-Fe-bearing assemblage – close affinities with the Khatyrka meteorite. Scientific Reports 9, 12426, 1-9
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