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How an Eggshell is made

Eggshell is largely crystalline calcium carbonate. The calcium comes partly from the hen's bones, and when necessary the hen can mobilize 10 percent of her bone for this purpose in a day

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 222 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “How an Eggshell is made” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 222 No. 3 (), p. 88
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0370-88