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Cuprian Aragonite

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Cuprian Aragonite

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Description
Locality: 
Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
19.5 × 13.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

Sky blue colored slice of cuprian aragonite with intense for the material color.Specimen is polised both sides and shows transparency when backlight as seen in photos.Third photo is taken in cloudy daylight. Usually this material shows layers but in this specimen aragonite shows wonderful kidney like patterns,unusual for Lavrion aragonite.Cracks seen are natural with no effect on specimen's stability.Rare material from an old Lavrion collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprian Aragonite

Variety Of: 

Aragonite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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