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1.45" Polished Banded Aragonite Sphere - Peru
This is a beautiful polished sphere of banded aragonite, collected and polished in Peru. The sphere displays brown, tan, and white bands of aragonite and likely calcite. It measures 1.45" in diameter and is accompanied by an acrylic ring display stand for aesthetic presentation.
About Aragonite
Aragonite is one of two common calcium carbonate (CaCO3) minerals: the other is calcite, of which aragonite forms as a pseudomorph. Its crystal lattice differs from calcite, resulting in a different crystal shape. It displays a translucent to white color when pure, and when impure can vary between yellow, green, pink, blue and brown. It typically forms in low-temperature hydrothermal veins, in hot springs, and as precipitates from chemicals in sedimentary rock. It can also form under biological processes: aragonite forms naturally in most mollusk shells, and as the calcareous endoskeleton most corals.
Aragonite is one of two common calcium carbonate (CaCO3) minerals: the other is calcite, of which aragonite forms as a pseudomorph. Its crystal lattice differs from calcite, resulting in a different crystal shape. It displays a translucent to white color when pure, and when impure can vary between yellow, green, pink, blue and brown. It typically forms in low-temperature hydrothermal veins, in hot springs, and as precipitates from chemicals in sedimentary rock. It can also form under biological processes: aragonite forms naturally in most mollusk shells, and as the calcareous endoskeleton most corals.
$15
SPECIES
Aragonite
LOCATION
Peru
SIZE
1.45" wide
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#363391
