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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ARAGONITE

A *rag "o *nite, n. Etym: [From Aragon, in Spain. ] (Min. )

Defn: A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.

New American Oxford Dictionary

aragonite

a rag o nite |əˈragəˌnīt, ˈarəgə -əˈræɡənaɪt | ▶noun a mineral consisting of calcium carbonate, typically occurring in white seashells and as colorless prisms in deposits in hot springs. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from the place name Aragon + -ite 1 .

Oxford Dictionary

aragonite

aragonite |ˈarəg (ə )nʌɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a mineral consisting of calcium carbonate and typically occurring as colourless prisms in deposits from hot springs. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from the place name Aragon + -ite 1 .