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Calcite & Aragonite

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Calcite & Aragonite

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Description
Locality: 
Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm
Description

A flattened ovoid-shaped septarian nodule from the coal mines in Jerada (Morocco). It is cut in half along the plane of the two longest directions and with the surfaces polished. The harden black argillaceous carbonate nodule has cracks filled up by white calcite and aragonite.

Found in 2011.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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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