Pretty abalone! Or paua. Same thing. The shell structure is interesting. It's a composite, calcium carbonate and some sort of protein sandwiched between it. So if something hits the shell, the sections of calcium carbonate slide instead of shattering.
I believe they're looking into using this sort of thing in body armour research.
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Date: 2011-08-17 12:30 am (UTC)I believe they're looking into using this sort of thing in body armour research.