Introduction : Milestones in the study of biominerals : a summary of the discontinuous and somewhat erratic path of research on their formation and properties
The concept of microstructural sequence exemplified by mollusc shells and coral skeletons : similarity of growth mode and skeletogenesis at the micrometer scale
Compositional data on mollusc shells and coral skeletons : mineral and organic components viewed from overall characteristics to localized measurements
Origin of microstructural diversity : facts and conjectures regarding the control of crystallization during skeletogenesis
Diversity of structural patterns and and growth modes in skeletal Ca-carbonate of some plants and animals : the contrast between architectural and microstructural diversity at the macroscale and similarities at the submicrometer scale
Connecting the layered growth and crystallization model to chemical and physiological approaches : ongoing conceptual changes in biocalcification
Microcrystalline and amorphous biominerals in bones, teeth and siliceous structures : data illustrating the nature of calcareous biocrystals
Collecting better data from the fossil record through the critical analysis of fossilized biominerals : case studies ranging from the interpretation of individual samples to the distribution of fossils through time.
