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Aragonite

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Aragonite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Agrigento, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.2 × 5.2 × 3.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Weight: 
164.00gr
Description

A specimen of  aragonite shows the typical twinned, pseudo-hexagonal crystals under daylight.

Under  longwave uv-light the specimen turns pink, under the shortwave it will change to white.

This aragonite have a good light green phosphorescence.

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