Aragonite

Химия

IMA chemistry:: Ca(CO3)
Valence chemistry:: CaCO3

Классификация

Crystal systems:: orthorhombic
Space groups:: Pmcn
Structural group:: Aragonite
IMA status:: Approved, Grandfathered

Происхождение

Country:: Spain
Published:: 1788
Oldest age Ma:: 4700
Paragenetic modes:: Abiotic, Biotic, Primary, Secondary, Stage 2: Planetesimal differentiation & alteration, PM6 - Secondary asteroid phases, Stage 3a: Earth's earliest Hadean crust, PM10 - Basalt-hosted zeolite minerals, Stage 3b: Earth's earliest hydrosphere, PM14 - Hot springs & geysers, PM17 - Marine authigenic Hadean minerals, Stage 4a: Earth's earliest continental crust, PM21 - Chemical precipitation, PM26 - Hadean detrital minerals, Stage 5: Initiation of plate tectonics, PM39 - High-P metamorphism, Stage 10a: Neoproterozoic oxygenation/terrestrial biosphere, PM49 - Oxic cellular biomineralization

Примечания

Mineral known earlier, but named arragonischer apatit by Werner: Werner A G (1788) Geschichte, Karakteristik, und kurze chemische Untersuchung des Apatits. IV. Kurze Nachricht von den sogenannten arragonischen Apatiten. Bergmannisches Journal 1, 76-96 Renamed arragonite: Hauy C (1791) Sur l'arragonite de Werner. Bulletin des Science, par la Société Philomathique 2, 67-68