Open AccessWhiskers on Familiar Crystal Revealed as New Mineral
Author(s) -
JoAnna Wendel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo062749
Subject(s) - whiskers , mineral , materials science , crystal (programming language) , metallurgy , composite material , computer science , programming language
A 14-year-old girl's chance encounter with a random sample of tanzanite led scientists to find an entirely new mineral.