Abstract:<p>The study of mineral decarbonation mechanisms is of great interest for its application to various geological and industrial processes. Biomineralization is a phenomenon by which living organisms are able to produce mineral phases, the most abundant of which are calcium carbonates and phosphates. Among the more abundant polymorphs of calcium carbonate are calcite and aragonite, being the most thermodynamically stable structures under biological environments (Weiner & Addadi, 1997). In g… Show more
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