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  1. Furqan Shah @[email protected] ·

    Mysterious #crystals on #bone exposed to tryptic soy broth: The plot thickens! 💎🦴

    Elemental composition analysis using energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (#EDX/#EDS) picks up #calcium, #sulphur (#sulfur), but #phosphorus only occasionally! 🧪🔍

    The #mystery crystals turn out to be calcium sulphate, with uncanny resemblance to the crystal habit of α-calcium sulphate hemihydrate!!!!! 🔬

    Read the backstory here:
    mstdn.science/@furqanshah/1100

    #science #microscopy #biomineralization #elementalanalysis

    #crystals #bone #edx #calcium #sulphur #sulfur