Pearls and corals: "Trendy biomineralizations"

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Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-180

  Cauthler, Jean Pierre ^a   Karampelas, Stefanos ^b  

^a Centre de Recherche Gemmologique   (France)

^b Gübelin Gemmological Laboratory   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Coral; Cultured pearls; Endangered coral species; Pearl

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION;

CORAL; CULTURED PEARLS; ENDANGERED CORAL SPECIES; OPTICAL EFFECTS; PEARL;

GEMS;

BIOMINERALIZATION; COLOR; CORAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 67651094108     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.5.3.179     Document Type: Article

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