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aragonite

aragonite 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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Noun

aragonite (countable and uncountable, plural aragonites)

  1. An evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO₃ and occurring in pearls, shells and nacre; it is dimorphous with calcite.
    • 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

aragonite meaning in Tamil and Thai

aragonite in Tamil

அரகோனைட், படிக சுண்ணத் தாது

aragonite in Thai

saline evaporate
อราโกไนท์ à-raa-goo-nái

Forms of aragonite

pluralaragonites

Origin of aragonite

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

Words formed from aragonite

Questions about aragonite

What does aragonite mean?
Aragonite means an evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO₃ and occurring in pearls, shells and nacre; it is dimorphous with calcite.
What is aragonite in Tamil?
Aragonite in Tamil is அரகோனைட், படிக சுண்ணத் தாது. See Aragonite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aragonite?
Aragonite is a noun.
What is the plural of aragonite?
The plural of aragonite is aragonites.

Words near aragonite in the dictionary

  1. Aragones
  2. Aragonese
  3. Aragoneses
  4. Aragonian
  5. Aragonians
  6. aragonite
  7. aragonites
  8. aragonitic
  9. aragonitically
  10. aragonitization
  11. Aragono-

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