General Information:
Chemical Formula:CaCO3
Composition:(Molecular Weight = 100.09 gm)Calcium 40.04 %
CaCarbon 12.00 %
C Oxygen 47.96 %
O Empirical Formula: (CO3)
Environment:Found in sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks.
Locality:Common world wide.
Name Origin:From the Latin, calx, meaning lime.
Physical Properties: Cleavage:[1011] Perfect, [1011] Perfect, [1011] Perfect
Color:colorless, white, pink, yellow, or brown.
Density:2.71
Diaphaniety:Transparent to translucent to opaque
Habits:Crystalline - Coarse - Occurs as well-formed coarse sized crystals., Stalactitic - Shaped like pendant columns as stalactites or stalagmites (e.g. calcite)., Massive - Uniformly indis tinguishable crystals forming large mass
Hardness:3 - Calcite
Luminescence:Fluorescent.
Luster:Vitreous (Glassy)
Streak:white
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