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Aragonite

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Aragonite

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Description
Locality: 
Styrian Erzberg, Styria, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.5 × 10.1 × 3.7 cm
Description

This rare variety is named "bird´s nest" or also "cave pearls". The "pearls" are incoherent, not fixed to matrix and they are all lying like in a bowl. Snowy white, great contrast to dark brown matrix. This material is quite uncommon and hard to obtain.

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