White aragonite

112g raw aragonite. This beautiful specimen of high-purity aragonite comes from Morocco. The stone measures 60 x 55 x 35 mm and has a shape popularly known as an "aragonite pineapple" due to its multiple twins. This specimen has a white coloration with some brown areas.

Aragonite is one of the crystalline forms of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). It can be found in the form of stalactites, and also in the shells of almost all mollusks and in the skeletons of corals. Among the varieties of aragonite, the so-called flos-ferri (iron flower) stands out, resembling a beautiful coral. In nature, aragonite commonly occurs as multiple twins, which give it the appearance of a hexagonal prism (although aragonite does not have a hexagonal crystal structure, hence the term pseudohexagonal).

Origin: Morocco