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Aragonite with goethite

This specimen illustrates the typical spiked crystal shape of aragonite. Aragonite usually forms short to long prismatic crystals but also forms fibrous acicular, columnar, and stalactitic aggregates.

Group: Carbonates
Image Number: 97-35259
Catalog Number: 163214
Locality: Podrecany, Czech Republic , Czech Republic

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