Biomimetic Mineral Self-Organization from Silica-Rich Spring Waters (7 of 9) (IMAGE)

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Biomimetic Mineral Self-Organization from Silica-Rich Spring Waters (7 of 9)

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Self-assembled calcite mesocrystals grown with Nay springs waters. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the March 17, 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by J.M. García-Ruiz at Universidad de Granada in Granada, Spain, and colleagues was titled, 'Biomimetic mineral self-organization from silica-rich spring waters.'

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[Credit: García-Ruiz <i>et al.</i> Sci. Adv. 2017;3:e1602285]

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