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Aragonite With Magnesite

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Aragonite With Magnesite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spain
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 6 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

Sharp UV-fluorescent aragonite crystal coming aesthetically off an aggregate of lustrous lenticular magnesite crystals. In pristine condition. This specimen was found by Francisco Maello in 1991, and it has been in my own collection since 2000.

Furthermore, the Azkárate Quarry is definitely closed and restored. Ex. Iván Blanco.

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

Magnesite

Formula: 
MgCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Magnisía Prefecture (Magnesia), Thessalia Department (Thessaly), Greece

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