Aragonite - Mineral


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Sale price$650.00 CAD

Description

Mined from: Santa Eulalia Mining District, near Aquiles Serdán (Chihuahua City area), Chihuahua, Mexico

Description: This aragonite from the Santa Eulalia area in Chihuahua has that dense, lumpy build you see when minerals grow layer by layer in tight spaces. The surface is packed with small, sparkling crystals, giving it a rough, sugary texture, while the base shows rounded, bubble-like forms stacked together. You’ve got a mix of clean white and light tan coloring, with some darker areas where iron staining or older growth phases sit underneath. It’s not a sharp crystal piece—it’s more about texture and structure, like something that built up slowly over time in a confined space.

In this region, aragonite forms when calcium-rich water moves through limestone and starts depositing material in cavities, fractures, or open voids. Santa Eulalia has a long mining history, mainly for lead, zinc, and silver, and these types of secondary minerals often form in the oxidized zones above or around those ore bodies. As water drips or flows through these spaces, it leaves behind thin layers of calcium carbonate, which build outward into those rounded, botryoidal shapes. Over time, newer crystal growth can coat older formations, which is why you see that mix of smooth rounded bases with a fine drusy layer on top.

Aragonite is often associated with staying grounded and keeping things steady when life gets busy or scattered. People tend to use it as a reminder to stay practical, organized, and level-headed, especially when things start piling up or feel out of control.

Quantity: 1pc
With this product, you will get the actual stone in the photograph.

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