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Aragonite from
Agrigento (Girgenti), Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy


Locality type:Commune
Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sulphur67 photos of Aragonite associated with Sulphur at this locality.
Celestine8 photos of Aragonite associated with Celestine at this locality.
Gypsum3 photos of Aragonite associated with Gypsum at this locality.
Calcite3 photos of Aragonite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Limestone2 photos of Aragonite associated with Limestone at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Agrigento (Girgenti), Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (22 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:701414
Long-form Identifier:1:3:701414:7
GUID (UUID V4):9b3aa926-854e-4511-b37c-dd0b991a49c5
Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite
8.9km (5.5 miles) Lucia Mine, Favara, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
15.1km (9.4 miles) Stretto Cuvello Mine, Comitini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
20.0km (12.4 miles) Cozzo Tondo Mine (Cozzotondo Mine), Milena, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
24.0km (14.9 miles) Cattolica sulphur mines, Cattolica Eraclea (Cattolica), Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
24.3km (15.1 miles) Cozzo Disi Mine (Cozzodisi Mine), Casteltermini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
26.9km (16.7 miles) Falconera mines (Faconera Grotticelli group), Cianciana sulphur mines, Cianciana, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
28.5km (17.7 miles) Savarini Mine, Cianciana sulphur mines, Cianciana, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
52.7km (32.7 miles) Trabonella Mine, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
54.1km (33.6 miles) Giumentaro Mine, Capodarso, Enna, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
70.2km (43.6 miles) Rocca Grande, Caccamo, Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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52001 HEMATITE Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy If there was ever a specimen that simultaneously...POWELLITE Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile Terry Szenics has been...MANGANOCALCITE Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru It is difficult to believe...TALMESSITE Bou Azer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco The sere desert...Wushan, De’an Co., Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China The Fluorites from De’an, including this
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always purplish-blue. On the other hand, halite from Sicily or Poland is only very occasionally purplish-blue...by reference to the nearest town or village, a province or county name, or a prominent geographical feature...a zinc mine at Friedensville is a zincbearing aragonite that fluoresces either yellow or white, depending...fluoresce yellow and occasionally blue. From Tuscany, Italy, are strontianite, with brilliant red fluorescence...largest aragonite crystals in the world come from the vicinity of Agrigento in western Sicily. These fluoresce
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always purplish-blue. On the other hand, halite from Sicily or Poland is only very occasionally purplish-blue...by reference to the nearest town or village, a province or county name, or a prominent geographical...a zinc mine at Friedensville is a zinebearing aragonite that fluoresces either yellow or white, depending...fluoresce yellow and occasionally blue. From Tuscany, Italy, are strontianite, with brilliant red fluorescence...largest aragonite crystals in the world come from the vicinity of Agrigento in west- ern Sicily. These
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particular note is an exceptional Sulfur specimen from Italy – a tremendously large crystal on matrix. There...Shaft 11, Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco This is just a nice...images and bid online, visit HA.com/5141 53008 ARAGONITE - FLOS FERRI Styrian Erzberg, Styria, Austria...strangely contorted coraloidal forms are a variety of Aragonite more properly called “helictites.” Formed in very...development called the Tessin Habit after a place in Italy where it was first noticed. The central crystal
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the private collection of Signore Walter Lago of Italy. The Lago specimen is comprised of two major and...mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, People’s Republic of China Fluorite is one of... 53089   PURPLE FLUORITE De’An Mine, Wushan, Jianxi Province, People’s Republic of China The highly desirable...53095   SULFUR ON MATRIX Agrigento (Girgenti), Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy Sharp, blocky and bright...stand out very aesthetically against the white Aragonite/Calcite “vug” type of matrix sometimes seen in
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87004 KROEHNKITE Chuquicamata Mine, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile A very sizable, old...Lanzo Valley, Sesia-Lanzo Zone, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy This cute little miniature-sized specimen...Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan Lazurite, the primary component of...HAUERITE Destricella Mine, Raddusa, Catania Prov., Sicily, Italy Every well-rounded mineral cabinet needs a good...Destricella, near Raddusa (The City of Wheat), Sicily. These black and somewhat lusterless crystals command
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5, for Black Forest read Odenwald. for Rhine Province read Westphalia. for in the Tirol read, Salzburg...Bologna, 1873-75. Born (1773). Briefe von Wdlschland (Italy), by Ignatius von Born. 8vo, Prague, 1773. (1772-75)...at Friedrichssegen, near Ems, Hesse-Nassau. In Italy at Montecatini near Volterra, Tuscany, in basic...observed as pseudomorphs after cuprite; also after aragonite (Corocoro, Bolivia), azurite (Grant County, New...with hot springs. at Mount Avala near BelGorizia, Italy (formerly in Carniola, Austria) grad, Yugoslavia;
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2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series...Administered Tribal Areas and North West Frontier Province. Ilmenite crystal clusters to 12 cm across have...Mountain, Warsak district, North West Frontier Province. Surface diggings worked by local people on Zagi...onalcommunication, 2007). 4 ITALY Rio Marina area, Island of Elba, Tuscany. Elba (Latin:...attributions-the Xinig mine, Quinghai Province, and the Nan Dang mine, Guangxi Province-and those seen at Tucson were
 
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