Texture Analysis of Polycrystalline Vaterite Spherulites from Lake Sturgeon Otoliths
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43434-w
Abstract: Fish otoliths, or ear bones, are comprised of the CaCO3 polymorphs (aragonite, calcite and vaterite), which can occur either alone or in combination. The polymorph phase abundance in an otolith depends on, as yet, unexplained… read more here.
Keywords: vaterite spherulites; texture analysis; vaterite; sturgeon otoliths ... See more keywords