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Mindat Short Description
Aragonite Group. The Ca analogue of strontianite.
The principal member of the Aragonite Group, aragonite is the second most common polymorph of natural calcium carbonate (the most common is calcite). It is significantly less widespread and abundant...
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
Mineral known earlier, but named arragonischer apatit by Werner: Werner A G (1788) Geschichte, Karakteristik, und kurze chemische Untersuchung des Apatits. IV. Kurze Nachricht von den sogenannten arragonischen Apatiten, Bergmannisches Journal 1, 76-96 Renamed arragonite: Hauy C (1791) Sur l'arragonite de Werner, Bulletin des Science, par la Société Philomathique 2, 67-68
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
Ca(CO3)
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
CaCO3
