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The 30 pages that link to Biomineralization, each with the reason it gives.

• Cambrian explosionRelated: Mineralized skeletons became more common and made many Cambrian animals easier to fossilize.

• NucleationRelated: Organisms regulate nucleation to control where and how minerals form.

• CalciteRelated: Many marine organisms build shells from calcite or other calcium carbonate forms.

• PhosphateRelated: Organisms use phosphate with calcium to build mineralized tissues.

• CambrianRelated: The spread of mineralized skeletons made more Cambrian animals visible in the fossil record.

• SupersaturationRelated: Organisms regulate local supersaturation to build structures such as shells and bones.

• Ediacaran biotaRelated: Late Ediacaran skeletons raise questions about how early animals acquired hard parts.

• AragoniteRelated: Marine organisms can guide calcium carbonate formation into aragonite.

• ApatiteRelated: Organisms form apatite-like minerals in bones, teeth, and some shells.

• DurophagyRelated: It explains how prey build mineralized defenses that predators must breach.

• Mineral precipitationRelated: Organisms control precipitation to build shells, bones, and other mineralized structures.

• ShellfishRelated: Many mollusks build shells by depositing calcium carbonate through their mantle.

• Carbonate rockRelated: Organism-built carbonate material contributes substantially to many limestones.

• RhizariaRelated: Foraminifera and radiolarians build mineral tests or skeletons as part of their life cycles.

• MalacologyRelated: Molluscan shells are a major example of biological mineral production.

• OstracodRelated: Ostracod shell composition depends on biological mineral production as well as environmental conditions.

• Sea snailRelated: Sea snails build calcium-carbonate shells through controlled mineral formation.

• Calcium cycleRelated: Organisms remove dissolved calcium and incorporate it into solid tissues.

• LingulataRelated: Lingulates construct their phosphatic valves through biological mineral formation.