SiS: Moroccan Cinnamon ARAGONITE CRYSTAL STAR CLUSTER-Amazing Mineral Formation For Sale

SiS: Moroccan Cinnamon ARAGONITE CRYSTAL STAR CLUSTER-Amazing Mineral Formation
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SiS: Moroccan Cinnamon ARAGONITE CRYSTAL STAR CLUSTER-Amazing Mineral Formation:
$5.00

This sale is for a complete cluster crystal specimenof twinned aragonite. This astonishing mineral is mined in the Tazouta Mine near Sefrou, Morocco. The twinned specimens from this mine are generally thought to be the best in the world, surpassing the Spanish specimens that first lent the mineral its name. I have aflat of virtually perfect repeating twinnedcluster specimens that are all between about 1 1/2\" and 2\" in diameter and weighing around 0.07 to 0.14 lbs. each. The photos below are typical of the batch and your specimen will be selected from it.There is truly not a bad or incomplete specimen in the lot,and they are not different enough to warrant photographing each individually. I photographed several to give a feel for the shape and color of the entirelot.

I obtained one of these specimens for my own collection many years ago and while I\'d seen them from time to time at shows, I\'d never had the opportunity to pick up a good enough deal on them to consider offering them in our shop. We don\'t often sell minerals that we don\'t polish ourselves, but sometimes I see something that captures my eye and my imagination enough that I am reminded that everyone else out there might enjoy it as much as I do! This year while I was in Tucson I stopped and chatted with one of the Moroccan dealers that had a particularly nice clean tray of these minerals for sale.They represented some of the best of these minerals I\'d come across and I decided to take the plunge and bought the tray.Thespecimens are quite consistent in the lot and the photos beloware representative of the pieces Iobtained. The color isnice on all of them, and the star pattern reasonably full and complete looking on each.

Aragonite is chemically calcium carbonate - one of it\'s two natural crystal formations, the other being calcite. This is a marine mineral that is believed to form through a combination of physical and biological processes.Sometimes crystals grow in two directions at once(meaningthat it\'s naturally terminated or \"pointed\" on both ends) and this is referred to as \"twinning\". When a mineral formation repeatedly twins, it is called a cluster or star. This is a set of twinned aragonite crystals in a natural cluster.

These are allvirtually perfect and each looks like it might just fit in a golf ball. The smallest one I\'ve measured was 1.5\" while the largest was right at 2\" and yours will be somewhere in between that.

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