{"title":"Textbook Error Theory about Aragonite Structure","authors":"Guiqing Chen, Junhao Chen","doi":"10.22158/ees.v7n1p10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22158/ees.v7n1p10","url":null,"abstract":"Science constantly discovers new theories and concepts, overturning erroneous theories and concepts. Textbooks never correct, fallacies are left to future generations. There are two erroneous theories about the structure of aragonite in textbooks: (1) The authoritative Chinese textbook “Outline of Shellfish Studies” by Zhang Xi and Qi Zhongyan believes that shells can be divided into three different crystal structures, with the middle layer being a prismatic layer that occupies the majority of the shell and is composed of calcite (cubic crystal system, hexagonal crystal cells). The shellfish academic community in China quotes many Japanese literature, and these theories may have been copied from Japan. (2) The geological crystallography book records that the structural physical properties of aragonite are unstable and will eventually transform into calcite. We use X-ray derivatives found that after a long geological time, aragonite not only did not become calcite, but also the grain is growing large: monocrystalline, calcite is still decreasing, calcite is changing to aragonite.","PeriodicalId":515406,"journal":{"name":"Energy and Earth Science","volume":"116 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140381272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Cheap New Geological Dating Method Developed from Ancient Shells Study","authors":"Guiqing Chen, Junhao Chen","doi":"10.22158/ees.v7n1p1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22158/ees.v7n1p1","url":null,"abstract":"The vast majority of researchers on ancient shells are biologists, who are not familiar with X-ray diffractometers, etc. We are physical chemists who use X-ray diffraction to observe the changes in the crystal structure of ancient shells? Then use WDX electron probe to observe the changes in the microstructure of ancient shells. After discovering shells for a long time, calcite turned into aragonite, overturning the conclusion recorded in geological crystallographic books that aragonite’s structure and physical properties were unstable and would eventually transform into calcite. Unexpectedly discovered that the “Shuang chen Weathering Cave CC” of ancient shells has changed over time, it can be used as a new method for geological dating.The use of carbon 14 (C14) isotope geological dating method is quite expensive and lacks accuracy, causing many jokes. The “Shuang chen Weathering Cave CC” of ancient shells may be used as a new geological dating method, and it is quite cheap!","PeriodicalId":515406,"journal":{"name":"Energy and Earth Science","volume":" 928","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140383027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}