Definitions for aragoniteəˈræg əˌnaɪt, ˈær ə gə-
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a•rag•o•niteəˈræg əˌnaɪt, ˈær ə gə-(n.)
a carbonate mineral, CaCO3, chemically identical with calcite but differing in key physical properties.
Category: Mineralogy
Origin of aragonite:
1795–1805; after Aragon (the province, where first found) + -ite1
Princeton's WordNet
aragonite(noun)
a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate; dimorphic with calcite
Wiktionary
aragonite(Noun)
A saline evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO; it is dimorphous with calcite.
Webster Dictionary
Aragonite(noun)
a mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters
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