Description
and the Erzgebirge legend holds that tourmalines passed through a rainbow to gain their colors—the multicolored varieties
which contributes to its durability in a ring setting
the ancient Norse and classical concept of a northern land at the edge of the known world
and Roman signet rings frequently used garnet inlay
Named for the Saxon village of Schorl in 15th-century Germany and later traded widely by the Dutch East India Company
Aragonite Bowl Price:3"Hx3"Lx1"D and the Erzgebirge legend holdsA calcium carbonate bowl, cut into a heartpale and translucent at the edges. Aragonite is a polymorph of calcite: same chemical formula (CaCO), different crystal structure. Where calcite is trigonal, aragonite is orthorhombic, giving it a different cleavage pattern and slightly higher density. Mohs hardness 3. 54. It named in 1790 after the Aragon province of Spain, where it was first scientifically describedthough the mineral occurs worldwide in