Vaterite, a constituent of the eggshells of the nonparasitic cuckoos,Guira guira andCrotophagi ani
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Calcified Tissue International
- Vol. 29 (1) , 63-69
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02408056
Abstract
The crystalline spherules occurring in patches on the outer surface of the eggshells ofGuira guira and the bloom on the entire outer surface of those ofCrotophagi ani were shown by X-ray diffraction analysis to be vaterite.This publication has 32 references indexed in Scilit:
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