A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Aragonite from the Puy de Dome near Clermont-Ferrand, Massif Centrale, France |
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| Description | These aragonite crystals are blades with a vague orthorhombic (shoe-box shaped) habit. Aragonite is a polymorph of calcite, but calcite crystals generally crystallized as rhombs or with other trigonal forms. These crystals are about 6 cm long. |
| Location | France ▹ Auvergne. Near Clermont-Ferrand. Massif Centrale. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-06-13. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #664. |
| Key words | aragonite, France |
| Tech details | 283 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 727 |
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