INORGANIC CONSTITUENTS IN THE SHELL OF THE LIVING BRACHIOPOD LINGULA

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Research Article| March 01, 1963 INORGANIC CONSTITUENTS IN THE SHELL OF THE LIVING BRACHIOPOD LINGULA DUNCAN McCONNELL DUNCAN McCONNELL Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GSA Bulletin (1963) 74 (3): 363–364. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[363:ICITSO]2.0.CO;2 Article history received: 07 Aug 1962 first online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation DUNCAN McCONNELL; INORGANIC CONSTITUENTS IN THE SHELL OF THE LIVING BRACHIOPOD LINGULA. GSA Bulletin 1963;; 74 (3): 363–364. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[363:ICITSO]2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract Lingula, a living brachiopod, has a shell composed of organic substances and an inorganic substance which is crystallochemically identical with francolite, a carbonate fluorapatite. X-ray powder diffraction photographs are essentially identical for central and marginal portions of the shell and resemble those of synthetic carbonate hydroxyapatite and human dentin (Pl. 1, fig. 1). These microcrystalline substances evidently are composed of a single inorganic crystalline phase. Fossil inarticulate brachiopods may have been accumulators of fluorine as well as phosphorus. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.