Figure 7From: Hierarchical super-structure identified by polarized light microscopy, electron microscopy and nanoindentation: Implications for the limits of biological control over the growth mode of abalone sea shellsScanning electron microscopy image of nacre super-structures. Scanning electron microscope image of a Mytilus galloprovincialis sea shell. Domains of homogeneous grey level are formed by stacks of adjacent nacre platelets.Back to article page