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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate; dimorphic with calcite
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mineral
History
From Aragon + -ite, after the province in Spain, named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1790.
Across languages
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