Microstructure and orientation distribution of aragonite crystals in nacreous layer of pearl shells

Materials Transactions

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 999-1004

  Yoshimi, Kyosuke ^a,b   Shoji, Mayumi ^a,b   Ogawa, Tomohisa ^b   Yamauchi, Akira ^a,b   Naganuma, Takako ^b   Muramoto, Koji ^b   Hanada, Shuji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Biomineralization; Nacreous layer; Pearl; Texture

Indexed keywords

BONE; CALCITE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTOMETERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ARAGONITE; BIOMINERALIZATION; NACREOUS LAYERS; PEARL;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 2942741008     PISSN: 13459678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2320/matertrans.45.999     Document Type: Article

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