Aragonite

  
 
  
Origin: Northern Lights Mine, Mineral Co, Nevada, U.S.A.
Sample size: 11.9 x 8.4 x 7.7 cm (top/2nd row), 4.5 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm (bottom)
 
  
  
Origin: Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Sample size: 12.2 x 8.0 x 5.5 cm
 
  
Variety tarnowitzite
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Violet Dawson collection
Sample size: 3.9 x 3 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Doubly terminated pseudohexagonal twinned aragonite crystal
Origin: Minglanilla, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Sample size: 23 x 24 x 34 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
This specimen is comprised of acicular copper rich aragonite with some bands of malachite. Ex. Bill Bernie collection
  
Variety tarnowitzite with bluish gray smithsonite
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 7 x 5.5 x 4 cm (top), 8 x 7 x 4.9 cm (2nd/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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