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Description: | Aragonite is a carbonate of calcium, and gets its name from Aragon in Spain, where it was first discovered. The flos ferri variety of aragonite, of which this specimen is an example, is stalactitic and can resemble coral, the hard skeleton of which is composed of aragonite. Aragonite is a relatively common widespread mineral, and is also found at localities in Austria, Sicily, Morocco and the USA. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | North East rocks and minerals natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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