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Figure 1: Hexagonal lattice of atomic sites. Figure 2: Pentagonal arrangement of atoms. Three views of the icosahedral symmetry of quasicrystalline aluminum-manganese. (Top) View is along the fivefold symmetry axis; (centre) rotating by 37.38° reveals the threefold axis, and (bottom) rotating by 58.29° reveals the twofold axis. Figure 4: A Penrose tiling. A high-resolution electron microscope image of quasicrystalline aluminum-manganese-silicon, revealing a fivefold symmetry of atomic positions.
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Also Known As quasicrystalline solid • quasi-periodic crystal

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Figure 1: Hexagonal lattice of atomic sites.
Figure 2: Pentagonal arrangement of atoms.
Three views of the icosahedral symmetry of quasicrystalline aluminum-manganese. (Top) View is along the fivefold symmetry axis; (centre) rotating by 37.38° reveals the threefold axis, and (bottom) rotating by 58.29° reveals the twofold axis.
Figure 4: A Penrose tiling.
A high-resolution electron microscope image of quasicrystalline aluminum-manganese-silicon, revealing a fivefold symmetry of atomic positions.
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