Voyaging around nacre with the X-ray shuttle: From bio-mineralisation to prosthetics via mollusc phylogeny

▶ Nacre could be a non ancestral form of calcium carbonate in molluscs. ▶ Texture terms as useful links to ancestors in classification. ▶ X-ray diffraction useful for biomineralisation, phylogeny, cladistic and implantology. ▶ Farming conditions do not influence much shell growth. ▶ Electrodeposition of aragonite as future technique for implant coating.