mineral general info

Aragonite

Origin: Sioux Ajax Mine, Mammoth, Juab Co., Utah, U.S.A.

Ex. Dave Bunk Minerals

Sample size: 5.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm

Aragonite on calcite

Origin: Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A.

Sample size: 4 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm

Photo courtesy of:

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Aragonite on quartz

Origin: Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

Sample size: 12.1 x 4.4 x 2.9 cm

Origin: Northern Lights Mine, Mineral Co, Nevada, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6.4 x 4.6 x 4.1 cm

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Aragonite, variety tarnowitzite, on smithsonite

Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Sample size: 11.3 x 7.0 x 5.0 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

Individual twinned pseudo-hexagonal prismatic crystals, no matrix; Larger sample consists of intergrown crystals

Origin: 800 Meter E. of Jalance, Rio Jucar, 90 km SWW of Valencia, Spain

Sample size: up to 2 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Diederik Visser