Editing Seashell (section)

=== Use ===
Seashells, namely from bivalves<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ferraz|first1=Eduardo|last2=Gamelas|first2=José A. F.|last3=Coroado|first3=João|last4=Monteiro|first4=Carlos|last5=Rocha|first5=Fernando|date=12 July 2019|title=Recycling Waste Seashells to Produce Calcitic Lime: Characterization and Wet Slaking Reactivity|journal=Waste and Biomass Valorization|language=en|volume=10|issue=8 |pages=2397–2414|doi=10.1007/s12649-018-0232-y|bibcode=2019WBioV..10.2397F |issn=1877-2641}}</ref> and gastropods, are fundamentally composed of calcium carbonate. In this sense, they have potential to be used as raw material in the production of [[Lime (material)|lime]].

{{anchor|shellcrete}} Along the [[Gulf Coast of the United States]], [[oyster]] shells were mixed into [[cement]] to make "shellcrete" which could form bricks, blocks and platforms. It could also be applied over logs.<ref>{{cite book|title=Preservation News|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_aYaAQAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States.|page=94|quote= Brittle buildings made of "shellcrete," a seashell-cement mix applied over logs, are risky to move.}}</ref> A notable example is the 19th-century [[Sabine Pass Lighthouse]] in Louisiana, near Texas.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tunnell|first=John Wesley|title=Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PIkC-rU2NkoC&pg=PA17|year=2010|publisher=Texas A&M U. Press|isbn=978-1-60344-337-1|pages=17–19|quote= Many impressive old homes and public buildings, as well as more mundane structures such as cisterns and curbs, were constructed of shellcrete bricks in Corpus Christi, Galveston, and other cities along the coast. However, very few exist today.}}</ref>