Meanings
nounaragonite (countable and uncountable, plural aragonites)
plural aragonites
- countableuncountablechemistryAn evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO₃ and occurring in pearls, shells and nacre; it is dimorphous with calcite.
The basic chemical material of molluscan shells is calcium carbonate, which forms the outer layer of calcite, and the inner layer of aragonite, which is a heavier and harder substance although it has the same chemical composition.
1955, Rachel Carson, The Edge of the Sea, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Appendix, p. 268
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From Aragon + -ite, after the province in Spain, named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1790.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan aragonita
- aragonitasaline evaporate
Chinese Mandarin 霰石
- 霰石 (xiànshí)saline evaporate
Esperanto aragonito
- aragonitosaline evaporate
Estonian aragoniit
- aragoniitsaline evaporate
Finnish aragoniitti
- aragoniittisaline evaporate
French aragonite
- aragonitesaline evaporate
German Aragonit
- Aragonitsaline evaporate
Italian aragonite
- aragonitesaline evaporate
Japanese 霰石
- 霰石 (arareishi)saline evaporate
Polish aragonit
- aragonitsaline evaporate
Portuguese aragonita
- aragonitasaline evaporate
Russian арагони́т
- арагони́т (aragonít)saline evaporate
Slovak aragonit
- aragonitsaline evaporate
Spanish aragonito, aragonita
- aragonitosaline evaporate
- aragonitasaline evaporate
Thai อราโกไนท์
- อราโกไนท์ (à-raa-goo-nái)saline evaporate
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APA
aragonite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aragonite
MLA
“aragonite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aragonite. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aragonite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aragonite.
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