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Aragonite from Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria

 
Aragonite from Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria

Aragonite from Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria

Aragonite from Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria

DESCRIPTION:No. 44486
Mineral:Aragonite
Locality:Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria
Description:Baby-blue aragonite in a 2-3 mm thick crust over one face of matrix with minor pyrite crystals on the rear to 1 mm. The section of the aragonite crust on the right end was restored to position with glue. Ex. Henry D. Miller (1838-1919 or 1920) collection, (see Final Disposition Of Some American Collections Of Minerals, Frederick A. Canfield, 1923), bequeathed to the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1909; ex. Loomis-Chaffee School
Overall Size:10x5x3 cm
Crystals:1-3 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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