noun

• A mineral consisting of calcium carbonate and typically occurring as colourless prisms in deposits from hot springs.

  ‘That coating has been tentatively identified as aragonite.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘These two forms are called aragonite and calcite.’
  • ‘Microscopic crystals of aragonite located in the inner ears of zebrafish control balance and hearing.’
  • ‘Otoliths consist of calcium carbonate, mainly in the form of aragonite, and organic matter called otoline.’
  • ‘Coral's hard parts are composed of aragonite, a form of calcium carbonate.’