aragonite
See also: Aragonite
English
Etymology
Aragon + -ite, after the province in Spain, named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1790.[1]
Noun
aragonite (countable and uncountable, plural aragonites)
- (mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO3; it is dimorphous with calcite.
- 1955, Rachel Carson, The Edge of the Sea, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Appendix, p. 268,[1]
- 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.
- 1955, Rachel Carson, The Edge of the Sea, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Appendix, p. 268,[1]
Derived terms
Translations
saline evaporate
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Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Aragonite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “aragonite”, in Mindat.org[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
aragonite f (plural aragonites)
Further reading
- “aragonite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
aragonite f (plural aragoniti)
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