Mineral Aragonite Rock EA0019

The name Aragonite is derived from the town Molina de Aragón in Spain. It is a mineral polymorph of calcium carbonate. Aragonite is formed in hot spring deposits, stalactites and oolites on sea floors and is transformed over time into calcite. It is often a mineral present in a variety of rocks and is formed by the effect of aqueous solutions under low temperature and pressure. It is often the mineral found in stalactites replacing calcite. It also occurs in altered peridotites, dunites and serpentinites, while it is also found, in the form of almond-shaped crystals, in basalts and andesites.