Alloy, Sulfide, and phosphide minerals

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)

Zolenskyite (Zor) in the fine-grained phyllosilicate matrix (FPh) in an asteroid Ryugu particle

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)