Alloys

Quasicrystal Al63Cu24Fe13

Mineral name:  icosahedrite 

Discovery:  Khatyrka (CV)

＊References＊

• Bindi L., Steinhardt P. J., Yao N., and Lu J. 2009. Science 324:1306–1309. (Discovery)

• Bindi L., Steinhardt P. J., Yao N., and Lu, J. 2011. American Mineralogist 96:928–931. (Described as a new mineral species)

• Hollister L. S., Bindi L., Yao N., Poirier G. R., Andronicos C. L., MacPherson G. J., Lin C., Distler V. V., Eddy M. P., Kostin A., Kryachko V., Steinhardt W. M., Yodovskaya M., Eiler J. M., Guan Y., Clarke J. J., and Steinhardt P. J. 2013. Nature Communications  DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5040. (Discovery in a shocked carbonaceous (CV3) chondrite, suggested as a possible high-pressure phase)

Quasicrystal Al71Ni24Fe5

Mineral name:  decagonite

Discovery:  Khatyrka (CV)

＊References＊

• Bindi L., Yao N., Lin C., Hollister L. S., Andronicos C. L., Distler V. V., Eddy M. P., Kostin, A., Kryachko, V., ;  MacPherson, G. J.,  Steinhardt W. M.,  Yudovskaya M., and Steinhardt P. J.  2015. Scientific Reports, 5, 9111. (Discovery)

• Bindi L., Yao N., Lin C., Hollister L. S., Andronicos C. L., Distler V. V., Eddy M. P., Kostin, A., Kryachko, V., ;  MacPherson, G. J.,  Steinhardt W. M.,  Yudovskaya M., and Steinhardt P. J. 2015. American Mineralogist, 100, 2340–2343. (Described as a new mineral species)

Decagonite approximant Al34Ni9Fe2

Mineral name:  proxidecagonite

Discovery:  Khatyrka (CV) 

＊References＊

• Bindi L., Pham J., and Steinhardt P.  J. 2018. Scientific Reports, 8, 1–7.(Described as a new mineral species)

Fe-sulfides

Fe3S phase

Mineral name:  unnamed

Discovery:  Almahata Sitta (ureilite) 

＊References＊

• Nabiei F., Badro J., Dennenwaldt, T., Oveisi E., Cantoni M., Hébert C., El Goresy A., Barrat J. and Gillet P., 2018. Nature Communications 9:1327. (Discovery) 

• Fei Y., Li, J., Bertka C. M., and Prewitt C. T., 2000. American Mineralogist 85:1830–1833. (First synthesis) 

Daubreelite polymorphs

Brenzinaite-type FeCr2S4 

Mineral name:  zolenskyite

Discovery:  Indarch meteorite (EH4)

＊References＊ 

• Ma C. and Rubin, A.E. 2022. American Mineralogist 107:1030–1033. (Discovery) 

• Tomioka N. et al. 2023. Nature Astronomy, doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-01947-5. (Discovery in an asteroid return sample)

Barringerite polymorphs

Co2Si-type (Fe,Ni)2P 

Mineral name:  allabogdanite 

Discovery:  Santa Catharina (iron, IAB-ungrouped),  Barbianello (iron, ungrouped), Onello (iron, ungrouped) 

＊References＊ 

• Britvin S. N., Rudashevsky N. S., Krivovichev S. V., Burns P. C., and Polekhovsky Y. S. 2002. American Mineralogist, 87:1245–1249. (Discovery) 

• Britvin S. N.,  Shilovskikh V. V., Pagano R., Vlasenko N. S., Zaitsev A. N., Krzhizhanovskaya M. G., Lozhkin M. S, Zolotarev A. A., and Gurzhiy V. V., 2019. Scientific Reports 9:1047. (Described as a high-pressure mineral)

• Britvin S. N., Vereschchagin O. S., Shilovskikh V. V., Krzhizhanovskaya M. G., Gorelova L. A., Vlasenko N. S., Pakhomova A. S., Zaitsev A. N., Zolotarev A. A., Bykov M, Lozhkin M. S. and Nestola F.. 2021. American Mineralogist 106: 944–952. (Discovery of terrestrial allabogdanite) 

• Nakamura, T., et al.  2022. Science, eabn8671. (Discovery in asteroid Ryugu particle)