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Aragonite On Calcite

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Aragonite On Calcite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection.

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Description
Locality: 
Richmond, Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm
Description

An old time specimen from the early basalt quarries in Melbourne, Radiating sprays of white glassy aragonite over a bed of botyroidal calcite variety ferroan calcite.

Ex Joan Lamond Collection acquired from Victorian Mines Dept Collection.

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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