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The crystalline spherules occurring in patches on the outer surface of the eggshells ofGuira guira and the bloom on the entire outer surface of those ofCrotophagi ani were shown by X-ray diffraction analysis to be vaterite.
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Board, R.G., Perrott, H.R. Vaterite, a constituent of the eggshells of the nonparasitic cuckoos,Guira guira andCrotophagi ani . Calcif Tissue Int 29, 63–69 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02408056
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