Aragonite is a carbonate mineral formed by biological and physical processes, including precipitation from marine and freshwater environments. It often appears as columnar or fibrous structures, occasionally in helictitic forms known as "flowers of iron" found in Carinthian iron mines.
This red aragonite sputnik cluster is home to a hand-painted 1:160 scale figure, so no two works are alike.
Measures approximately 1.5” x 1.25” x 1.5”.