Aragonite
Origin: Erupcion Mine (Ahumada Mine; Erupcion/Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mts
(Sierra de Los Lamentos), Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Gene Tribbey collection
Sample size: 7.2 x 2.8 x 4.5 cm
"Flos-ferri" aragonite
Origin: Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria
Ex. Sanborn collection, ex. Gene Tribbey collection
Sample size: 12.5 x 12.3 x 4 cm
The specimen above, from this famous orebody, consists of sharp scalenohedral
calcite
crystals to 34 mm in length. The crystals are coated white by micro
crystalline aragonite and fluoresce brightly under UV light.
Origin: Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin Co.,
Illinois, U.S.A.
Ex. Gene Tribbey collection
Sample size: 8.6 x 5.7 x 5.3 cm
Origin: Dongcheng, Guangxi Province, China
Sample size: 6.9 x 5.8 x 3.8 cm (top), 10.3 x 5.6 x 4.0 cm (bottom)
Origin: Cricket Mts., Utah, U.S.A.
Ex. Seaman Museum, ex Marty Lewadny collection
Sample size: 6.5 x 4.8 x 3.9 cm
Origin: Northern Lights Mine, Mineral Co, Nevada
Sample size: 4.5 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Tarnowitzite, lead-rich variety of aragonite
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 8.2 x 6.4 x 3.6 cm
Blue coloured aragonite included with copper compounds
Origin: Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China
Sample size: 8.4 x 7.6 x 5.9 cm
Crust of yellowish aragonite crystals on serpentinised dunite
Origin: Jung-Tor-Gar, Muslimbagh, Northern Pakistan
Sample size: ca. 3.5 x 4 cm
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