Aragonite

 
2 mm fan of aragonite with green tiny crystals of paratacamite
Origin: Hazard Section, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Owner: Steve Rust
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Rust

 

Origin: Zinsweg, Schriesheim, Odenwald, Germany
Sample size: 4 x 6 x 0.5 cm
 
Origin: Bausendorf, Eifel, Germany
Sample size: 2.5 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Origin: Molina de Aragon, Spain (type locality)
Sample size: 4.8 x 4.5 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Colourless opaque prismatic terminated crystals of tarnowitzite (lead rich aragonite) to 22 mm in length set nicely on matrix.
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 5.2 x 3.4 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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