Purple Aragonite Specimen from Minglanilla, Spain DX3504 prepona 000 thousand years ago

000 thousand years ago

There are a handful of other localities but less than 12 countries in the world can boast their land has created one of these marvels

Weight: 982 grams

where each side of the hexagon corresponds to a separate crystal that's interconnected with its neighbors

Heliodors from the Volyn Deposit (formerly the Volodarsk-Volynskii pegmatite field) are among the most admired examples of this golden beryl variety in the mineral world

Purple Aragonite Specimen from Minglanilla, Spain DX3504 prepona 000 thousand years agoThis Spanish aragonite specimen has a lovely purple color in the center of the crystals and fades abruptly to an opaque white at the ends. It is fluorescent, and phosphorescent, under a long wave UV light (shown in the last photo). Aragonite is a mineral that belongs to the carbonate group, and it's known for its distinct crystal structure and beautiful array of colors. Chemically, it's composed of calcium carbonate (CaCO), the same compound found in