Mineral of the Month: Aragonite
As your trusted source for fluorescent minerals, we've chosen aragonite as the current "Mineral of the Month" to share with you.
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A large transparent to translucent pink calcite cleavage rhomb. Bright, multi-wave fluorescence and very phosphorescent, this terlingua-type calcite cleavage rhomb is from the famous Challenger cave - a series of caverns that have been a source for these clear calcite rhombs. This specimen displays a bright blueish-purple fluorescence under shortwave and a bright pink under longwave.