Purple Aragonite Double Terminated, Rare Raw Crystal Specimen | Small 2022 Violet Find La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain, 6.5cm

Purple Aragonite Double Terminated Raw Crystal Specimen | Small 2022 Find La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (Rare OOAK Piece)

Fantastic, large specimen unlike anything else I've seen on the market! Deep, saturated violet color and awesome form with terminations on each end as well as lots of cute little terminated baby crystals growing perpendicularly

A one of a kind piece for a discerning collector!

6.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm

More info on this species from the web ~

Purple aragonite from La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain is known for its distinctive eye-catching purple color and twinned pseudo-hexagonal form. Here's some more information about aragonite from this area:

Location

Aragonite from La Pesquera is found in Triassic age strata, specifically in the Keuper facies

Color: Most aragonite is white or colorless, but trace elements can give it a violet color.
Rarity
Aragonite is scarcer than calcite and forms under rarer conditions.
Other properties

Aragonite is the high pressure polymorph of calcium carbonate and occurs in high pressure metamorphic rocks. It also forms naturally in mollusk shells and the calcareous endoskeleton of corals.

Name

The mineral aragonite is named after Molina de Aragon, Spain, the mineral's type locality.