Unusual Micrometric Calcite-Aragonite Interface in the Abalone Shell Haliotis~Mollusca, Gastropoda!

Autor: Corinne Chevallard, Anders Meibom, Bastien Farre, Jean-Pierre Cuif, Yannicke Dauphin, Hiram Castillo-Michel
Přispěvatelé: Interactions et dynamique des environnements de surface (IDES), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ID21, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Service Interdisciplinaire sur les Systèmes Moléculaires et les Matériaux (ex SCM) (SIS2M UMR 3299), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans - UMR7327 (ISTO), Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) (BRGM)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), European Project: 246749,EC:FP7:ERC,ERC-2009-AdG,BIOCARB(2010)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Microscopy and Microanalysis
Microscopy and Microanalysis, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2014, 20 (1), pp.276-284. ⟨10.1017/S1431927613013718⟩
Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2014, 20 (1), pp.276-284. ⟨10.1017/S1431927613013718⟩
ISSN: 1431-9276
1435-8115
Popis: Species of Haliotis (abalone) show high variety in structure and mineralogy of the shell. One of the European species (Haliotis tuberculata) in particular has an unusual shell structure in which calcite and aragonite coexist at a microscale with small patches of aragonite embedded in larger calcitic zones. A detailed examination of the boundary between calcite and aragonite using analytical microscopies shows that the organic contents of calcite and aragonite differ. Moreover, changes in the chemical composition of the two minerals seem to be gradual and define a micrometric zone of transition between the two main layers. A similar transition zone has been observed between the layers in more classical and regularly structured mollusk shells. The imbrication of microscopic patches of aragonite within a calcitic zone suggests the occurrence of very fast physiological changes in these taxa.
Databáze: OpenAIRE