A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Aragonite from Asni, Morocco |
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| Description | Aragonite has composition CaCO3, and is less common than its polymorph (different crystal structure but same composition) calcite. Aragonite's most famous crystal habit involves pseudo-hexagonal prismatic crystals like the ones shown here. This specimen, 8 cm across, comes from the classic collecting site at Asni, Morocco. |
| Location | Morocco. Near Asni. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-03. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection. |
| Key words | aragonite, calcite, twin, Morocco |
| Tech details | 406 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifil FinePix S1 Pro digital camera. |
| GeoDIL number | 1024 |
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