What is 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 called?
aragonite — 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. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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