Structure of calcite shells revealed
New research offers clues to how shells grow in nature
02-Dec-2009 -
Single crystals of the mineral calcite - the chief material in limestone - are predictable, homogeneous and, well, a little boring. But scientists have long marveled at how biological crystals of calcite grow together with other organic materials to form, for example, shells and sea urchin ...
calcite
composites
material science
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