What is crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite called?
dimorphism — (Crystallog.) Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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