Pink Aragonite

Aragonite is a carbonate mineral and one of the three most common naturally occurring crystal forms of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), the others being calcite and vaterite. It is formed by biological and physical processes, including precipitation from marine and freshwater environments. Pink Aragonite is a variety of Aragonite that crystallizes in mass formations. This usually occurs in iron deposits where the stone receives its pink color from minor inclusions of Cobolt. Its color can range from light pale pink to dark magenta depending on the impurities within.

Very rarely will you come across a piece that is purely pink as this crystal usually forms around white Aragonite, Calcite, and even iron oxides. Pink Aragonite only has one known locality in the country of Pakistan. Since its initial discovery, there have been small additional veins unearthed nearby.