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Crystallo-chemical properties of apatite in atremate brachiopod shells

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  1. Electron Microscopy Center University of South Carolina, 29208, Columbia, SC

    Chi-Miau Pan & Norimitsu Watabe

  2. Department of Pathology, Nippon Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

    Shoichi Suga

  3. New York University Dental Center, 345 East 24th Street, 10010, New York, NY

    Racquel Z. LeGeros

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LeGeros, R.Z., Pan, CM., Suga, S. et al. Crystallo-chemical properties of apatite in atremate brachiopod shells. Calcif Tissue Int 37, 98–100 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02557687

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