Disordered dolomite as an unusual biomineralization product found in the center of a natural Cassis pearl

• Chunhui Zhou ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: czhou@gia.edu

  Affiliation Research Department, Gemological Institute of America (GIA), New York, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8366-4336

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• Shiyun Jin,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Department, Gemological Institute of America (GIA), Carlsbad, California, United States of America

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• Ziyin Sun,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Department, Gemological Institute of America (GIA), Carlsbad, California, United States of America

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• Artitaya Homkrajae,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pearl Identification Department, Gemological Institute of America (GIA), Carlsbad, California, United States of America

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• Elina Myagkaya,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Department, Gemological Institute of America (GIA), New York, New York, United States of America

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• Nanthaporn Nilpetploy,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pearl Identification Department, Gemological Institute of America (GIA), Bangkok, Thailand

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• Kwanreun Lawanwong

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pearl Identification Department, Gemological Institute of America (GIA), Bangkok, Thailand

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