Aragonite [ CaCO3 ]

Images of Aragonite

Material properties

Formula CaCO3
Abbreviation Arg
Variant synthetic
Classifications Aragonite (group), Calcium carbonate, Minerals containing CO3
Luminescence emitters CO3, Dy, Mn, Sm, Triplet-singlet
Spectra Luminescence (1)
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1791
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Related materials Calcite, Vaterite
Crystal symmetry Orthorhombic
Tags Mineral, Synthetic, Carbonate

Composition

Element Atoms
Ca 1
C 1
O 3
Total: 5

References for Aragonite

Specimens of Aragonite

Name Owner Materials Phase purity Image
M0312 Aragonite CSIRO Aragonite (96.1%), Calcite 96.1
M0480 Quartz / Clinoatacamite / Aragonite CSIRO Aragonite (15.0%), Atacamite, Clinoatacamite, Cuprite, Malachite, Quartz 15.0
MES201 Quartz / Calcite / Aragonite CSIRO Albite, Ca, Aragonite (10.0%), Calcite, Microcline, Orthoclase, Quartz 10.0
Aragonite (#1, Texas) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Aragonite
Aragonite (#2, Sicily) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Aragonite
Aragonite (#4, Nevada) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Aragonite
Aragonite (#6, Arizona) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Aragonite
Aragonite (#8, Sierra Nevada Mine, CA) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Aragonite
Aragonite-Calcite-Chondrodite (#22, Ontario) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Aragonite, Calcite, Chondrodite
Septarian nodule (Utah) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Aragonite, Calcite