aragonite

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aragonite (noun; from Aragon, in Spain): 1. A calcium carbonate, dimorphous with calcite.

2. The innermost layer of a shell.

3. (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) The skeleton of coral, produced by the calicoblastic epithelium.