Aragonite

  
Aragonite var. Tarnowitzite
  
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
Sample size: 7.7 x 6 x 3.4 cm (top/2nd row), 5 x 2.5 x 9 cm (bottom)
 
     
Origin: Bilin, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Ex. M. Dodge collection
Sample size: 3 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm
 
  
Origin: Northern Lights Mine, Mineral Co, Nevada, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6.3 x 5.8 x 3.6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Origin: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Marvin Pearce coll.
Sample size: 25 x 23 x 17 mm
 
  
Reddish-brown translucent to transparent crystals of prismatic twinned aragonite
Origin: Sefrou, Morocco
Sample size: 3 x 2.5 x 4.5 cm
 
Origin: Karlsbad, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.3 x 5 cm
 
  
Origin: Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
Sample size: 8 x 9 x 7 cm
 
  
Origin: 37th level, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 20 x 17 x 7 cm
 
  
Pseudohexagonal twinned aragonite
Origin: Tazouta Mine, Sefrou, Atlas Mts, Morocco
Sample size: 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
This specimen is comprised of aragonite with two forms - acicular and horn-like. There is some minor malachite at the base of the specimen.
Origin: Sioux Ajax Mine, Juab County, Utah, Southwest U.S.A.
Sample size: 8.7 x 7 x 5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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