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Aragonite

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Aragonite

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Description
Locality: 
Babu District, Hezhou, Guangxi, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

Transparent shiny aragonite crystals with intense honey-colored translucency. The crystals show a sharp multiple termination on the tops. The aragonite was published in the magazine Le RègneMinéral number 126, page 39.

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