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Aragonite

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Description
Locality: 
Florence Mine, Haile, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 7.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

A "skin" of botroidal haematite is covered first with a layer of greyish calcite then numerous "balls" of acicular pinkish aragonite crystals to 10mm across.

From an old collection, specimen believed to date from 1968.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aragonite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Gallo river, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

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