Aragonite
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Carbonate
- Crystal system
- Orthorhombic
- Hardness
- Medium (3 to 5.5)
- Colour
- Colourless, White, Yellow
- Lustre
- Glassy
- Use
- No special use
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Aragonite is named after Aragon in Spain, where it was first described in 1797.
- Mother-of-pearl in many shells and pearls is made of tiny aragonite plates.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q23775 · All stones · All entries