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Aragonite (noun): A mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate resembling calcite but less stable. This term is used in geology and mineralogy to describe a specific type of mineral
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  • An evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO₃; it is dimorphous with calcite.

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The second type of calcium carbonite is aragonite.
The color of the aragonite layer is milky white.
Deposits are formed from either calcite or aragonite.
Calcite and aragonite are both forms of calcium carbonate.
Removes existing calcium and aragonite deposits.
Recent aragonite concretion coloured in blue by the cooper.
Comparison between calcite and aragonite deposits.
Calcite and aragonite are chemically different.
Dolomite is only found between aragonite crystals.
Aragonite is metastable and is thus commonly replaced by calcite in fossils.
Name the products that are made from aragonite.
Aragonite crystalline matrices have many advantages over hydrogels.
Limescale in its amorphous aragonite form.
Aragonite concretions colored in blue.
Most of these pearls are made of aragonite.

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Many sea creatures use aragonite to build their skeletons.
Aragonite is a calcium carbonate mineral.
It is a member of the aragonite group.
Aragonite is considered essential for the replication of reef conditions.
Cuttlebone is composed primarily of aragonite.
Aragonite is a source of calcium that comes from mollusk shells.
Scleractinian skeletons are composed of a form of calcium carbonate known as aragonite.
Aragonite is similar in composition to calcite.
There are only three aragonite caves discovered in the world so far.
Aragonite sand can be mixed with live sand or crushed corals.
It was also composed of aragonite rather than the heavy calcite of belemnites.
Aragonite process to manufacture.
Nacre is a composite made mostly of aragonite that is strong and iridescent.
When any aragonite or vaterite is used it is generally in admixture with calcite.
Other polymorphs of calcium carbonate are the minerals aragonite and vaterite.
They include the aragonite caves as well as the surrounding forests.
The latter contains the largest block of aragonite yet discovered.
Crushed coral or aragonite sands do tend to dissolve easier than salts.
Cerussite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and is isomorphous with aragonite.
Aragonite has a smaller tendency to form lime scale than calcite does.
Calcite will commonly pseudomorphose into aragonite under blueschist conditions.
Aragonite energies can help focus on the more important things.
It is the most common cave carbonate after calcite and aragonite.
The aragonite component of the present invention is present in a crystalline form.
They are both of aragonite.
The aragonite and calcite in the cave is formed mainly by calcium carbonate.
Pearls are a combination of a mineral known as aragonite and a protein called conchiolin.
It occurs as crystal clusters associated with decomposed algae remnants on calcite or aragonite.
Ammolite is primarily aragonite with impurities that make it iridescent and valuable as a gemstone.
It is composed of aragonite.
Aragonite scaffolds have recently been shown to support the growth of neurons from rat hippocampi.
The city was named for local deposits of the mineral aragonite.
The aragonite has two important functions in products and processes of the present invention.
Calcite is an aragonite.
The calcium carbonate based material usable as a support for growth factors is preferably aragonite.

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