A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Aragonite (sprudelstein) |
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| Description | This variety of organic appearing aragonite is sometimes called sprudelstein. Aragonite is the same composition as the more common calcite; both are CaCO3. Aragonite has, however, a different atomic arrangement and so different crystal habits. The photo is 8 cm across. |
| Location | Bohemia. Near Karlsbad. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-12. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #666. |
| Key words | aragonite, Bohemia |
| Tech details | 826 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 720 |
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