A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Oolitic aragonite from Black Head, Dorset, England |
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| Description | Aragonite is a polymorph of calcite, meaning it has the same composition but different structure and crystal shape. This sample is similar to typical oolitic limestone in some ways, but contains aragonite instead of calcite. It is 6 cm across. |
| Location | England ▹ Dorset. Black Head. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-06-13. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #683. |
| Key words | aragonite, oolite, England |
| Tech details | 725 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 728 |
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