Mesoscale twinning and crystallographic registers in biominerals

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 1228-1237

  Floquet, Nicole ^a   Vielzeuf, Daniel ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Biomineral; Calcite; Mesocrystal; Red coral; Sclerite; Twinning

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CRYSTALLITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; TWINNING;

BIOMINERALS; CONCENTRIC STRUCTURES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC MODELS; HEXAGONAL UNIT CELLS; MESOCRYSTAL; MIS-ORIENTATION; RED CORAL; SCLERITE;

NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; SCLERITE; TWINNING;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80053259920     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3805     Document Type: Article

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