A mineralogical perspective on the apatite in bone

By B. Wopenka, J. Pasteris. 2005

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Calcium Orthophosphates in Nature, Biology and Medicine (2009, background): “They are always platelet-like (elongated along the crystallographic c-axis) and very thin [49,409-411], with remarkably uniform”
From bone to fossil: A review of the diagenesis of bioapatite (2016, background): “Tooth enamel has larger, well-ordered bioapatite crystallites that contain less carbonate and more fluorine compared to bones (Wopenka and Pasteris 2005).”
Fish bone chemistry and ultrastructure: implications for taphonomy and stable isotope analysis (2011, background): “Many minor and trace elements occur in bioapatite (Wopenka and Pasteris, 2005), the most notable of which is the substitution of carbonate, commonly for phosphate (B-type substitution) and less commonly hydroxyl (A-type substitution); this substitution is fairly common and as a result carbonate cons”
Substituted hydroxyapatites for biomedical applications: A review (2015, background): “decreases in a-axial length together with increases in c-axial length, changes in crystallite size, and changes in the amount of crystallographic microstrain, optical birefringence [27] and mechanical strengthening of the bone [36].”