Human kidney stones: a natural record of universal biomineralization
Sivaguru M, Saw J, Wilson E, Lieske J, Krambeck A, Williams J, Romero M, Fouke K, Curtis M, Kear-Scott J, Chia N, Fouke B. Human kidney stones: a natural record of universal biomineralization. Nature Reviews Urology 2021, 18: 404-432. PMID: 34031587, DOI: 10.1038/s41585-021-00469-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHot spring depositsCalcium-rich mineralsFields of geologyFundamental natural processesBillions of yearsDisequilibrium precipitationParagenetic sequenceConcentric zoningDeep subsurfaceNatural recordsSector zoneRoman aqueductCoral reefsNatural processesBroad length scalesCrystal aggregatesIndividual stonesHydroxyapatite spherulesThermodynamic energeticsOrders of magnitudeNew transdisciplinary approachDissolutionTotal volumeRecrystallizationStratigraphy