aragonitearragoniten.
/ˈarəɡənʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A carbonate of lime, crystallizing in orthorhombic prisms and many derived forms, whence several varieties are distinguished.
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aragonite1803
needle-spar1836
tarnowitzite1866
ktypeite1898
conchite1900
aragonspath-
1803 Bournon Carbonate of Lime in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 93 332 Their specific gravity is nearly the same. The Abbé Haüy states that of the Arragonite at 2946.
1837 J. D. Dana Min. Aragonite.
1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 358 Carbonate of calcium, in its two forms of calc spar (rhombohedral) and arragonite (rhombic or right prismatic) exhibits one of the most striking examples of dimorphism.
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