A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Aragonite from Morocco |
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| Description | Aragonite, CaCO3, is less common than its polymorph, calcite. Samples from Morocco are readily available from mineral dealers. Most contain clusters of dark to light brown crystals. The sample shown here is darker than most. Calcite and aragonite, while having the same composition, have different crystal forms. Aragonite tends to form orthorhombic prisms, but twinning gives them a hexagonal cross section. This sample is 7 cm across. |
| Location | Morocco. Near Fez. Atlas Mountains. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-12. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #3048. |
| Key words | aragonite, Morocco |
| Tech details | 741 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 713 |
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