Call number:
E10
Classification:
Carbonates
Name:
Αραγωνίτης
Translated title:
Aragonite
Place of origin:
Lavrion Mines, Greece
Depositional environment:
Oxidation zone of a base metal rich, carbonate replacement mineralization
Description:
Blue aragonite is a rare mineral in Lavrion mines. Usually in botryoidal, acicular or stalactitic forms.
Chemical formula:
CaCO3
Crystal system:
Orthorhombic
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