A precious stone that isn't

Robert W. Cahn ()
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Nature, 1998, vol. 396, issue 6711, 523-524

Abstract: A new purple precious ‘stone’ has entered the market, though it is in fact not a stone at all. Rather it is the intermetallic compound AuAl2, which is being set into jewellery by a South African business specializing in mineral and metallurgical technology.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1038/25010

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