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MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-BIOMIMETIC AND SUPRAMOLECULAR SYSTEMS
Volume 26, Issue 4, Pages 721-723Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2005.09.109
Keywords
freshwater-cultured pearls; vaterite; calcium carbonate; biomineralization
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Vaterite is a very unstable phase of calcium carbonate rarely occurring in nature. We report a discovery of vaterite in the low quality freshwater-cultured pearls of the shell Hyriopsis cumingii (Lea). Experimental evidences are given by optical microscope, micro-infrared spectroscope and Xray diffraction pattern. The formation mechanism of vaterite in these special pearls is discussed. (c) 2005 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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