Phi Quasi-crystal

This is a three dimensional piece in the shape of a quasi-crystal. Most crystals in nature, such as those in sugar, salt or diamonds, are symmetrical and all have the same orientation throughout the entire crystal. Quasicrystals represent a new state of matter that was not expected to be found, with some properties of crystals and others of non-crystalline matter, such as glass. With five-fold symmetry, once thought to be impossible, they were first observed in 1984 in an aluminiun-manganese alloy (Al6Mn). Since then, quasicrystals have been found in other substances. A quasi-crystal has identical six sides, each in the shape of a diamond which has a length of one, 1.000, on the short side and a length phi, 1.618, on the long side. The Phi symbol is added to the front to express the relationship of this unique and beautiful shape to the number phi, 1.618, the "golden number" of sacred geometry, known as the golden section and divine proportion. More information and a template to construct a 3D quasi-crystal is available at http://goldennumber.net/quasicrystal.htm

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