Aragonite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Aragonite [ CaCO₃ ]

Images of Aragonite

Longwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from Agrigennto, Sicily, Italy. Specimen size: 12.5cm

Shortwave UV luminescence photograph of aragonite specimen from Globe Mine, Arizona. Specimen size: 10cm

Photograph of aragonite specimen from Agrigennto, Sicily, Italy. Specimen size: 12.5cm

Shortwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from central Texas

Photograph of aragonite specimen from central Texas. Field size: 12cm

Shortwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from Goldfield, Nevada. Specimen size: 21cm

Shortwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from central Texas. Field size: 12cm

Short- and medium-wave luminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), aragonite (blue), and chondrodite (yellow), from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Specimen size: 14cm

Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Aragonite

Photograph of aragonite specimen from central Texas

Photograph of a septarian nodule specimen from Orderville, Kane County, Utah. Specimen size: 21cm

Longwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from Goldfield, Nevada. Specimen size: 21cm

Shortwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from Sierra Nevada Mine, CA. Specimen size: 6cm

Photograph of aragonite specimen from Goldfield, Nevada. Specimen size: 21cm

Shortwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from Goldfield, Nevada. Specimen size: 21cm

Photograph of aragonite specimen from Sierra Nevada Mine, CA. Specimen size: 6cm

Longwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from Goldfield, Nevada. Specimen size: 21cm

Aragonite specimen from Mine de Salgigne, Filon Coroluna, Aude, France

2010 Didier Descouens (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA-3.0

Photograph of specimen of containing calcite, aragonite, chondrodite, etc., from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Specimen size: 14cm

UV luminescence image of a septarian nodule, showing aragonite (orange to brown in UV) and calcite (yellow in UV). Specimen from Orderville, Kane County, Utah. Specimen size: 21cm

Longwave UV fluorescence image of aragonite specimen from Globe Mine, Arizona. Specimen size: 10cm

Photograph of aragonite specimen from Globe Mine, Arizona. Specimen size: 10cm

Photograph of aragonite specimen from Goldfield, Nevada. Specimen size: 21cm

Photograph of aragonite specimen from Sierra Nevada Mine, CA.

Shortwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from Agrigennto, Sicily, Italy. Specimen size: 12.5cm

Shortwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from Sierra Nevada Mine, CA.

Material properties

Formula	CaCO₃
Abbreviation	Arg
IMA Status	Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1791
Crystal symmetry	Orthorhombic
Classifications	Aragonite (group), Calcium carbonate, Minerals containing CO3
Variant	synthetic
Related materials	Calcite, Vaterite
Luminescence emitters	Dy, Mn, Sm, Triplet-singlet
Spectra	Luminescence (1)
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Tags	Carbonate, Mineral, Synthetic

Composition

Element	Atoms
Ca	1
C	1
O	3
Total:	5

References for Aragonite

Reference

Lines

Spectra

Images

Tarashchan 1978

Specimens of Aragonite

Name	Owner	Materials	Phase purity	Image
M0312 Aragonite	CSIRO	Aragonite (96.1%), Calcite	96.1	M0312 Aragonite Image of Aragonite and Calcite in specimen 'M0312 Aragonite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.
M0480 Atacamite	CSIRO	Aragonite (15.0%), Atacamite, Clinoatacamite, Cuprite, Malachite, Quartz	15.0	M0480 Atacamite Image of specimen 'M0480 Atacamite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.
MES201 Quartz	CSIRO	Albite (var. Ca), Aragonite (10.0%), Calcite, Microcline, Orthoclase, Quartz	10.0	MES201 Quartz Image of Quartz, Albite (var. Ca), Aragonite, Calcite, Microcline and Orthoclase in specimen 'MES201 Quartz' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.
Aragonite (#1, Texas)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Aragonite	—	Aragonite (#1, Texas) Photograph of aragonite specimen from central Texas. Field size: 12cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.
Aragonite (#2, Sicily)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Aragonite	—	Aragonite (#2, Sicily) Photograph of aragonite specimen from Agrigennto, Sicily, Italy. Specimen size: 12.5cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.
Aragonite (#4, Nevada)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Aragonite	—	Aragonite (#4, Nevada) Photograph of aragonite specimen from Goldfield, Nevada. Specimen size: 21cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.
Aragonite (#6, Arizona)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Aragonite	—	Aragonite (#6, Arizona) Photograph of aragonite specimen from Globe Mine, Arizona. Specimen size: 10cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.
Aragonite (#8, Sierra Nevada Mine, CA)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Aragonite	—	Aragonite (#8, Sierra Nevada Mine, CA) Photograph of aragonite specimen from Sierra Nevada Mine, CA. Specimen size: 6cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.
Aragonite-Calcite-Chondrodite (#22, Ontario)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Aragonite, Calcite, Chondrodite	—	Aragonite-Calcite-Chondrodite (#22, Ontario) Photograph of specimen of containing calcite, aragonite, chondrodite, etc., from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Specimen size: 14cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.
Septarian nodule (Utah)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Aragonite, Calcite	—	Septarian nodule (Utah) Photograph of a septarian nodule specimen from Orderville, Kane County, Utah. Specimen size: 21cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Aragonite [ CaCO3 ]

Images of Aragonite

Longwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from Agrigennto, Sicily, Italy. Specimen size: 12.5cm

Shortwave UV luminescence photograph of aragonite specimen from Globe Mine, Arizona. Specimen size: 10cm

Photograph of aragonite specimen from Agrigennto, Sicily, Italy. Specimen size: 12.5cm

Shortwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from central Texas

Photograph of aragonite specimen from central Texas. Field size: 12cm

Shortwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from Goldfield, Nevada. Specimen size: 21cm

Shortwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from central Texas. Field size: 12cm

Short- and medium-wave luminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), aragonite (blue), and chondrodite (yellow), from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Specimen size: 14cm

Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Aragonite

Photograph of aragonite specimen from central Texas

Photograph of a septarian nodule specimen from Orderville, Kane County, Utah. Specimen size: 21cm

Longwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from Goldfield, Nevada. Specimen size: 21cm

Shortwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from Sierra Nevada Mine, CA. Specimen size: 6cm

Photograph of aragonite specimen from Goldfield, Nevada. Specimen size: 21cm

Shortwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from Goldfield, Nevada. Specimen size: 21cm

Photograph of aragonite specimen from Sierra Nevada Mine, CA. Specimen size: 6cm

Longwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from Goldfield, Nevada. Specimen size: 21cm

Aragonite specimen from Mine de Salgigne, Filon Coroluna, Aude, France

Photograph of specimen of containing calcite, aragonite, chondrodite, etc., from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Specimen size: 14cm

UV luminescence image of a septarian nodule, showing aragonite (orange to brown in UV) and calcite (yellow in UV). Specimen from Orderville, Kane County, Utah. Specimen size: 21cm

Longwave UV fluorescence image of aragonite specimen from Globe Mine, Arizona. Specimen size: 10cm

Photograph of aragonite specimen from Globe Mine, Arizona. Specimen size: 10cm

Photograph of aragonite specimen from Goldfield, Nevada. Specimen size: 21cm

Photograph of aragonite specimen from Sierra Nevada Mine, CA.

Shortwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from Agrigennto, Sicily, Italy. Specimen size: 12.5cm

Shortwave UV luminescence image of aragonite specimen from Sierra Nevada Mine, CA.

Material properties

Composition

References for Aragonite

Specimens of Aragonite

Aragonite [ CaCO₃ ]