Selective stabilization of the (001) face of calcite in the presence of lithium

Abstract
Rhombohedral calcite crystals grown from supersaturated solutions undergo an unusual and specific morphological change in the presence of Li; the doped crystals are structurally invariant but exhibit well-developed basal (001) faces indicating that these relatively high energy crystal surfaces are stabilised by the incorporation of Li into surface interstitial sites.

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