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Aragonite On Satin Spar

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Aragonite On Satin Spar

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Description
Locality: 
Tinada de los Yusos, Enguidanos, Cuenca, Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.2 × 6.7 × 5.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.10cm
Description

Short prismatic aragonite crystals, twinned cyclically on {110}, producing pseudo-hexagonal groups. They grew on a nice cluster of curved fibrous gypsum of satin lustre, which is unusual in the locality.

Self-collected in 04/2011, it is free of damages.

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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