Description
Location: Tazouta, Morocco
Weight: 3.5 Ounces
Dimensions: 2.4 Inches Long, 1.6 Inches Wide, 1.2 Inches Wide
The item pictured is the item you will receive.
Aragonite plays a crucial role in supporting many terrestrial life forms by being the main mineral used in creating shells and exoskeletons of numerous invertebrates. The colorful appearance of seashells highlights aragonite's wide variety and its impressive ability to crystallize easily near Earth's surface. Aragonite and calcite are polymorphs, meaning they have the same chemical makeup but different crystal structures. They often occur together and look similar, making them difficult to distinguish unless one is a geology expert. In today's ocean conditions, calcite is more stable and common, but in certain past geological eras, aragonite was more stable. Their physical traits are nearly identical, showing how closely related they are mineralogically.