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Aragonite vs Paramorph - What's the difference?

aragonite | paramorph |

As nouns the difference between aragonite and paramorph

is that aragonite is a saline evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO3; it is dimorphous with calcite while paramorph is a kind of pseudomorph in which there has been a change of physical characteristics without alteration of chemical composition, as in the change of aragonite to calcite.

aragonite

English

(wikipedia aragonite)

Noun

  • (mineral) A saline evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula Ca]]C[[oxygen, O3; it is dimorphous with calcite.

    • Derived terms

    * aragonitic

    References

    paramorph

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineralogy) A kind of pseudomorph in which there has been a change of physical characteristics without alteration of chemical composition, as in the change of aragonite to calcite.
    • (Webster 1913)