{"product_id":"12g-albite-with-aragonite-specimen-a","title":"12g Albite with Aragonite Specimen A","description":"\u003cp\u003e*** All information about the metaphysical properties of the listings on this site is for reference only and is to be understood in this context. It is based on research of opinions and beliefs from different cultures today and throughout history and my own personal beliefs.The information is not to be taken as a replacement for a medical examination, diagnosis, or treatment. For medical advice, please consult a healthcare professional. ***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSave on shipping by purchasing multiple items from my store.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece weighs 12g and measures 3.5cm x 3cm x 1cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis visually stunning material is Albite with Aragonite from the Arkaroola bore on Arkaroola Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia. Located 600km north of Adelaide in the ruggedly spectacular northern Flinders Ranges this area has a geological history reaching back almost 2 billion years. Arkaroola Station also has a very successful wildlife sanctuary located within offering tourists a spectacular Australian outback experience.\\n\\nLocated in a gully, this locality consists of outcropping hydrothermally-altered and weathered Wooltana volcanics containing veins and pockets of zeolites, calcite and crystallised ilmenite. Fibrous and splintery actinolite is abundant. Stilbite is present as both cream-white and deep orange clusters of crystals, and the locality has produced the best zeolite specimens in South Australia.\\n\\nAragonite:-\\n\\nAragonite was first discovered in 1790 by Abraham Gottlob Werner in Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Since then, Aragonite has been found worldwide and takes on many different colours and growth habits.\\n\\nThe principal member of the Aragonite Group, aragonite is the second most common polymorph of natural calcium carbonate (the most common is Calcite). It is significantly less widespread and abundant than Calcite and is formed under a much narrower range of physiochemical conditions. It is metastable relative to Calcite and often converts to Calcite accompanying changes in the environment. It is nearly always a low-temperature, near surface mineral.\\n\\nAlbite:-\\n\\nNamed in 1815 by Johan Gottlieb Gahn and Jöns Jacob Berzelius from Latin \"albus\", white, alluding to its usual colour. Albite is a sodium calcium aluminosilicate. It is one of six minerals belonging to the Plagioclase Feldspar family of minerals.\\n\\nAlbite can be colorless, white, pink, green, or black, but is more often white. It has a dull to vitreous or pearly lustre. Albite content is actually what creates the beautiful shimmer, also known as schiller, that stones such as Moonstone display. Albite rates a 6 to 6.5 on the Mohs hardness scale and has a brittle tenacity. It is often used industrially, in the production of ceramics and glass.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NaturesgiftsByChris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49616728916245,"sku":null,"price":21.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0870\/2453\/3781\/files\/424407a7-il_fullxfull.6901582811_huzu.jpg?v=1765592670","url":"https:\/\/naturesgiftsbychris.com\/products\/12g-albite-with-aragonite-specimen-a","provider":"NaturesgiftsByChris","version":"1.0","type":"link"}