A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Aragonite from Carlsbad, Czech Republic |
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| Description | Aragonite is a polymorph of calcite, meaning it has the same composition but different structure and crystal shape. At the Earth surface, aragonite is thermodynamically less stable than the more common calcite, but forms by some disequilibrium processes. This sample is 5 cm tall. |
| Location | Czech Republic. Near Carlsbad. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-12. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #684. |
| Key words | aragonite, Czech Republic |
| Tech details | 288 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 717 |
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