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By statistical evaluation of 17 000 urolith analyses 63% were shown to consist essentially of calcium oxalate. 74 % of these correspond to the monohydrate and only 26 % to the thermo-dynamically unstable dihydrate. On the other hand, according to previous studies it is to be expected that weddellite represents the primary phase in the formation of oxalate stones. This corresponds to the observation that in the concretions of oxalate stone patients nearly exclusively crystals of weddellite are detected.
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Berg, W., Schneider, HJ., Hesse, A. (1976). Crystal-Optical Findings on Calcium Oxalate of Uric Concretions. In: Fleisch, H., Robertson, W.G., Smith, L.H., Vahlensieck, W. (eds) Urolithiasis Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4295-3_21
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