All are made largely of aragonite, the original shell material. The recent shells retain the organic material that give the shells their color and nacreous sheen. Nacre (mother of pearl) is an ...

Scientists have finally solved this mystery. The shells of these cockles feature tiny translucent windows composed of aragonite crystals, a mineral with exceptional properties. These structures ...

My point is that these youthful Bahamians are not old enough to fully appreciate the sorry state The Bahamas was in when the FNM assumed office in August 1992. The country was near bankrupt and few, ...

CALCIUM carbonate can exist in three polymorphic forms, which in the order of their usual stabilities are calcite, aragonite and vaterite. Calcite is the most stable and the least soluble ...