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CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages 1243-1246Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cg901263p
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- BBSRC DTA
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/E025110/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- BBSRC [BB/E025110/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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The superimposed layers of the true oyster shell have distinct morphology. The shells are mainly calcitic, comprising an outer prismatic region and inner foliated structure that is frequently interrupted by lenses of chalky calcitic deposits. Aragonite is restricted to the myostracum and ligament. Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis has shown that despite the variations in structural morphology, the mineralized layers of the oyster shell maintain a single crystallographic orientation with the crystallographic c-axis orientated perpendicular to outer and inner shell surfaces. Varying crystal morphology, while maintaining crystallographic unity, may be In evolutionary trait that forms it crack-resistant shell with optimum strength and flexibility.
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