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Definition of Aragonitic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aragonitic
Literary usage of Aragonitic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"This aragonitic crust extends proximally, distally, and laterally downward over
the proximal, distal, and lateral calcitic walls. ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1898)
"... and takes the aragonitic form, whereas in the cold water it begins only after
the lapse of a few hours, and is precipitated as well-defined rhombohedral ..."
3. Bulletin by Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (1905)
"... that the " mud" filling the cavities of a coral has become crystalline calcite,
while the original aragonitic ..."
4. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"... but this color is due to the play of light in the prismatic or aragonitic
portions of the shells, and not to a pigment in the material. ..."
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