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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: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

A cavity in limonite and hematite is lined with small rice grain calcite crystals over which on the lower half of the specimen fine acicular radial sprays of aragonite have grown. Collected from the Iron Princess Opencut near Iron Knob, South Australia

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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