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Aragonite

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Aragonite

ex Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Bílina Mine, Teplice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 10.3 × 10.5 cm
Description

A 1.9cm thick vein of aragonite consisting on a mass of intergrown crystals. in places cavities exist in which individual crystals cacn be seen.

Specimen of historic interest and formerly in the collection of T.F.Moss and presented to the Academy around 1850.

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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