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4.7" Highly Fluorescent Aragonite Crystals on Sulfur - Italy
This is a 4.7" wide aragonite and sulfur crystal association, collected from the Giumentaro Mine in Sicilia, Italy. What could be considered the top of the specimen, contains elongated, hexagonal aragonite crystals that display a vibrant wihte-pink fluorescence when placed under shortwave UV lighting. Small sulfur crystal remnants can be found between these aragonite crystals. What could be considered the bottom of the specimen contains stronzianite druze.
This specimen comes with an acrylic display stand.
This specimen comes with an acrylic display stand.
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.
$149
SPECIES
Aragonite & Sulfur
LOCATION
Giumentaro Mine, Caltanissetta Comune, Sicily, Italy
SIZE
4.7 x 2.9"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#351795
