Aragonite observed in the prismatic layer of seawater-cultured pearls

Frontiers of Materials Science in China

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 326-329

  Ma, Hongyan ^a   Zhang, Beili ^b   Lee, I S ^c   Qin, Zuolu ^a   Tong, Zhangfa ^a   Qiu, Shuheng ^a  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Gemstone Testing Center   (China)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Biomineralization; Prismatic layer; Seawater cultured pearls

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548058842     PISSN: 16737377     EISSN: 16737482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11706-007-0061-6     Document Type: Article

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