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Contents of 2.4 How do elements combine to form minerals?

2.4 How do elements <br />combine to form minerals?

• Polymorphs
• Calcium, carbon, and oxygen from calcium carbonate
• Two mineral forms
• Calcite - the "common" arrangement of CaCO3
• Aragonite - secreted by shelled organisms, and abiologically under certain conditions

Fig 2.20