What does the crystallography of stones tell us about their formation?

Peter Rez

doi:10.1007/s00240-016-0951-0

What does the crystallography of stones tell us about their formation?

Peter Rez

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Abstract

The mineral phase makes up most of the mass of a kidney stone. Minerals all come in the form of crystals that are regular arrangements of atoms or molecular groupings at the atomic scale, bounded macroscopically by well-defined crystal faces. Pathologic nephroliths are a polycrystalline aggregate of submicron crystals. Organic macromolecules clearly have an important role in either promoting or preventing aggregation and in altering the morphology of individual submicron crystals by influencing the surface energies of different faces. Crystals, similar in morphology to those grown in solution, are often found for calcium oxalate dihydrate, brushite, cystine and struvite. This is not the case for calcium oxalate monohydrate and hydroxyapatite, two of the most common constituents of stones.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	8
Journal	Urolithiasis
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-016-0951-0
State	Accepted/In press - Nov 29 2016

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Calcium Oxalate

Crystallography

Minerals

Kidney Calculi

Cystine

Durapatite

dibasic calcium phosphate dihydrate

Struvite

Keywords

AFM
Crystal structure
SEM
Urolithiasis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Urology

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Rez, P. (Accepted/In press). What does the crystallography of stones tell us about their formation? Urolithiasis, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-016-0951-0

What does the crystallography of stones tell us about their formation? / Rez, Peter.

In: Urolithiasis, 29.11.2016, p. 1-8.

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Rez, P 2016, 'What does the crystallography of stones tell us about their formation?', Urolithiasis, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-016-0951-0

Rez P. What does the crystallography of stones tell us about their formation? Urolithiasis. 2016 Nov 29;1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-016-0951-0

Rez, Peter. / What does the crystallography of stones tell us about their formation?. In: Urolithiasis. 2016 ; pp. 1-8.

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