bse · @doktrock
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is also a timelord ! Decaying uranium 238 creates fission tracks; the number in a crystal is used to measure the time since the formation of the apatite grain!

#apatite #mincup23

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Furqan Shah · @furqanshah
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Furqan Shah · @furqanshah
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Here's a transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image of showing mineralized and an lacuna containing microcalcifications of and .

Such or formation is part of normal physiological processes such as but can also indicate .

The specimen was prepared using focussed ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM).

Read more:
pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/a

#bone #collagen #osteocyte #apatite #whitlockite #calcification #mineral #apoptosis #pathology #ThinSectionThursday #biomaterials #ElectronMicroscopy

Last updated 2 years ago

Furqan Shah · @furqanshah
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Octacalcium phosphate (OCP) is thought to be a precursor of the that is found in and , and is also detected in various pathological calcifications. Under appropriate conditions, OCP transforms to hydroxy(l)apatite.
@zeiss_micro
@RenishawRaman

#apatite #biomineral #bone #teeth

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Latif Creations · @LatifCreations
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Frédéric Véron :mastodon: · @Sangokuss
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Frédéric Véron :mastodon: · @Sangokuss
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