ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017
Amorphous calcium carbonate particles form coral skeletons.
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Abstract
Do corals form their skeletons by precipitation from solution or by attachment of amorphous precursor particles as observed in other minerals and biominerals? The classical model assumes precipitation in contrast with observed "vital effects," that is, deviations from elemental and isotopic compositions at thermodynamic equilibrium. Here, we show direct spectromicroscopy evidence in
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