aragonite

See also: Aragonite

English

Etymology

Aragon +‎ -ite, after the province in Spain, named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1790.

Noun

aragonite (countable and uncountable, plural aragonites)

1. (mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO₃ and occurring in pearls, shells and nacre; it is dimorphous with calcite.
   • 1955, Rachel Carson, The Edge of the Sea‎^[1], Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Appendix, p. 268:

     The basic chemical material of molluscan shells is calcium carbonate, which forms the outer layer of calcite, and the inner layer of aragonite, which is a heavier and harder substance although it has the same chemical composition.

     

     Aragonite crystal.

Derived terms

• aragonitic

Translations

saline evaporate

• Catalan: aragonita f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 霰石 (zh) (xiànshí)

• Esperanto: aragonito
• Estonian: aragoniit (et)
• Finnish: aragoniitti
• French: aragonite (fr) f
• German: Aragonit (de) m
• Italian: aragonite f
• Japanese: 霰石 (ja) (あられいし, arareishi)
• Navajo: hadahoniyeʼ
• Polish: aragonit (pl) m
• Portuguese: aragonita (pt) f
• Russian: арагони́т (ru) m (aragonít)
• Slovak: aragonit (sk) m
• Spanish: aragonito (es) m, aragonita f
• Thai: อราโกไนท์ (à-raa-goo-nái)

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Aragonite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “aragonite”, in Mindat.org‎^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

aragonite f (plural aragonites)

1. (mineralogy) aragonite

Further reading

• “aragonite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ra.ɡoˈni.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: a‧ra‧go‧nì‧te

Noun

aragonite f (plural aragoniti)

1. (mineralogy) aragonite

Anagrams

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