Aragonite, 3269


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Description

Isolated cluster of chatoyant gray (with dark red impurities) translucent twinned (penetration) crystals of aragonite, forming short pseudohexagonal columns. Additional twinned crystals occur within the center of the hexagonal formation.


Subject

  • Geology
  • Mineralogy


Details

Contributor
Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
Aragon, Spain
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists