Question

What is a carbonate mineral that occurs in a different crystal form and is less common than either calcite or dolomite?

Answer 1

Answer:

The commonest varieties, calcite, dolomite, and aragonite, are prominent constituents of certain rocks: calcite is the principal mineral of limestones and marbles; dolomite occurs as a replacement for calcite in limestones, and when this is extensive the rock is termed dolomite; and aragonite occurs in some recent ..