biomineraln.
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˈmɪn(ə)rəl/, /ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˈmɪn(ə)rl̩/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˈmɪn(ə)rəl/ An inorganic mineral substance produced by a living organism, typically forming hard supporting structures such as bone, shell, and coral; a biogenic mineral.
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biomineral1972
1972 Acta Crystallographica 28 3063/1 MgNH4PO4·6H20 exists as the biomineral struvite and has been found..in excreta from various forms of life.
1990 New Scientist 10 Mar. 42/1 Most creatures are built around some kind of scaffolding, usually made up of inorganic minerals combined with organic polymers... Chemists are interested in how animals make these biominerals.
2001 D. Darling Life Everywhere viii. 151 To establish the case for biominerals—minerals formed from long-dead organisms or as a result of their metabolic activity—you have to know about the wider conditions under which they were laid down.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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