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 ...

Use of an aragonite-based scaffold for the treatment of chondral or osteochondral defects of the knee had superior outcomes compared with debridement or microfracture at 4-year follow-up, according to ...

It contains microscopic hexagonal “tablets” made of aragonite (one of the most common, naturally occurring forms of calcium carbonate) held together by soft biopolymer, kind of like an organic ...