Aragonite

     
Aragonite included with hematite
Origin: Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England
Ex Michigan Tech and Marty Lewadny collections
Sample size: 5.0 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm
 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
  
Origin: Hardin County, Illinois, United States of America
Ex. Mark Wrigley collection
Sample size: 8.7 x 5.6 x 3 cm
 

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John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
Well formed colorless opaque crystals of "tarnowitzite" to 11 mm in size. There are also aragonite crystals on the back side of the matrix, as well as minor cerussite.
Origin: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Sample size: 7.5 x 5 x 5.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Tazouta Mine, Sefrou, Atlas Mts, Morocco
Sample size: 5.2 x 3 x 4.2 cm
 
  
Two intergrown pseudohexagonal crystals of twinned aragonite.
Origin: Minglanilla, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Sample size: 3.8 x 2.7 x 3.8 cm
 

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Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Twinned aragonite crystals to 1.5 cm
Origin: Tazaouta, Sefron, Morocco
Ex. Polak collection
Sample size: 4 x 4 x 3 cm
 

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Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Origin: Fosse Bianca, Vesuvius, Italy
Sample size: 4 x 9 cm
 

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

Aragonite with minor sulfur
Origin: Girgenti Mine, Sicily, Italy
Ex. Ernie Schlichter collection
Sample size: 9.6 x 9.4 x 3.6 cm
 
  
Origin: Molina de Aragon, Guadalajuara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (type locality)
Ex. Ernie Schlichter collection
Sample size: 5.2 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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