期刊
JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
卷 205, 期 2, 页码 121-132出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2019.01.004
关键词
Pearl oyster; Prisms; c-axis; Calcite; EBSD
资金
- Shore Fund for Advanced Composites (Technion)
Cross-sections of calcitic prismatic layers in mollusk shells, cut perpendicular to growth direction, reveal welldefined polygonal shapes of individual grains clearly visible by light and electron microscopy. For several kinds of shells, it was shown that the average number of edges in an individual prism approaches six during the growth process. Taking into account the rhombohedral symmetry of calcite, often presented in hexagonal axes, all this led to the long-standing opinion that calcitic prisms grow along the c-axis of calcite. In this paper, using X-ray diffraction and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), we unambiguously show that calcitic prisms in pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera predominantly grow perpendicular to the c-axis. The obtained results imply that the hexagon-like habitus of growing crystallites may be not necessarily connected to calcite crystallography and, therefore, other factors should be taken into consideration. We analyze this phenomenon by comparing the organic contents in Pinctada margaritifera and Pinna nobilis shells, the later revealing regular growth of calcitic prisms along the c-axis.
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