单词 | vaterite |
释义 | vaterite Min.|ˈvɑːtəraɪt, ˈfɑː-| [ad. G. vaterit (W. Meigen 1911, in Verhandl. d. Ges. deutsch. Naturforscher und Ärzte LXXXII. ii. i. 124), f. the name of H. A. Vater (1859–1930), German mineralogist and geologist: see -ite1.] A relatively rare, metastable form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, that is polymorphous with calcite and aragonite and crystallizes in the hexagonal system.
1913Mineral. Mag. XVI. 374 Vaterite... Vater's third modification of calcium carbonate prepared artifically in the form of minute spherules. 1962Acta Chirurg. Scand. CXXIV. 324/1 X-ray crystallographic studies have shown that the three crystalline forms of calcium carbonate, namely vaterite, aragonite and calcite, can all occur in concretions from the pancreas, biliary- and urinary tract. 1975Science 25 Apr. 363 The spicules of the common tropical ascidian, Herdmania momus, are mineralized with vaterite. |

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