• DOI:10.1126/science.1232139
Corpus ID: 206546317

Vaterite Crystals Contain Two Interspersed Crystal Structures

@article{KabalahAmitai2013VateriteCC,
  title={Vaterite Crystals Contain Two Interspersed Crystal Structures},
  author={Lee Kabalah-Amitai and B. Mayzel and Y. Kauffmann and A. Fitch and Leonid Bloch and P. Gilbert and B. Pokroy},
  journal={Science},
  year={2013},
  volume={340},
  pages={454 - 457}
}

• Lee Kabalah-Amitai, B. Mayzel, +4 authors B. Pokroy
• Published 2013
• Materials Science, Medicine
• Science

Double Vision Vaterite is the least stable form of anhydrous crystalline calcium carbonate. While rarely found in geological contexts, it is an important biological precursor and occurs as a minor component in the shells of some organisms. The crystal structure of vaterite has long been debated with no model able to explain all the experimentally observed diffraction spots. Kabalah-Amitai et al. (p. 454) show that vaterite contains two coexisting crystallographic structures that form a pseudo… Expand

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