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Aragonite & Calcite

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Aragonite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Iron Princess, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 3 × 2.3 cm
Description

A beautiful miniature from a rarely seen locale in the Middleback Ranges, this specimen has thee spheres of arragonite on a high domed matrix that is coloured peanut butter brown. Around the matrix are numerous small doubly terminated scalahedral calcite crystals

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

Calcite

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