Globular aragonite

390g raw aragonite. This beautiful specimen of high-purity aragonite comes from Morocco. The stone measures 120 x 100 x 30 mm and has a reddish-brown, globular structure resembling marine coral.

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