aragonite
Meanings
noun
- An evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO₃ and occurring in pearls, shells and nacre; it is dimorphous with calcite.
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Etymology
From Aragon + -ite, after the province in Spain, named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1790.
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