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Aragonite is a
carbonate mineral and one of the
three most
common naturally occurring crystal forms of
calcium carbonate (CaCO3), the
others being calcite...
- It is a
common substance found in
rocks as the
minerals calcite and
aragonite, most
notably in
chalk and limestone, eggs****,
gastropod s****, s****fish...
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material lime. It is
composed mostly of the
minerals calcite and
aragonite,
which are
different crystal forms of CaCO3.
Limestone forms when these...
- mollusk, a
pearl is
composed of
calcium carbonate (mainly
aragonite or a
mixture of
aragonite and calcite) in
minute crystalline form,
which has deposited...
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exoskeletons made of
various materials – silica,
calcium phosphate, calcite,
aragonite, and even glued-together
mineral flakes –
sprang up in a
range of different...
- uses.
Other polymorphs of
calcium carbonate are the
minerals aragonite and vaterite.
Aragonite will
change to
calcite over
timescales of days or less at...
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families it is
called a gladius.
Cuttlebone is
composed primarily of
aragonite. It is a
chambered structure that the
animal can fill with gas or liquid...
- Turbinidae.
Nacre is
composed of
hexagonal platelets,
called tablets, of
aragonite (a form of
calcium carbonate) 10–20 μm wide and 0.5 μm
thick arranged...
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Oolitic aragonite sand is
composed of the
calcium carbonate mineral,
aragonite, with an egg-like
shape ("oolitic" from the
Ancient Gr**** word ᾠόν for "egg")...
- Ochtinská
Aragonite Cave (Slovak: Ochtinská aragonitová jaskyňa, Hungarian: Martonházi-aragonitbarlang[citation needed]) is a
unique aragonite cave situated...
