Calcite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Calcite [ CaCO₃ ]

Images of Calcite

Photograph of a specimen of calcite, fluorite and willemite, from Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona. Specimen size: 14mm

UV luminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), fluorite (blue) and willemite (green) from Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona. Size: 14cm

Medium-wave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of calcite (pink) with fluorite (blue), from Fission Mine, Harcourt, Ontario, Canada. Size:8cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of esperite (yellow), calcite (red) and willemite (green), from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), willemite (green) and franklinite (black), from Franklin, NJ. Specimen size: 5cm

Image of a specimen of hydrozincite, chondrodite, diopside and calcite from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 14cm

Longwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Crystals of cerussite on calcite, from Tsumeb, Namibia. Specimen size: 15cm

Short- and medium-wave luminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), aragonite (blue), and chondrodite (yellow), from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Specimen size: 14cm

Shortwave UV luminescence image of specimen of calcite (red) with willemite (green) and franklinite (non-luminescent), from Franklin, New Jersey. Specimen size: 11cm

Midwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of hydrozincite (powder blue PL), chondrodite (yellow PL), diopside (blue-green PL) and calcite (red-pink PL) from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 14cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), willemite (green) and franklinite (black), from Franklin, NJ.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of esperite (yellow), calcite (red) and willemite (green), from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm.

Photograph of a specimen of calcite (white) with willemite (brown) and franklinite (black), from Franklin, New Jersey. Specimen size: 11cm

Photograph of a specimen of esperite, calcite and willemite, from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of willemite (green), calcite (red) and franklinite (dark), from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm

Photograph of a specimen of calcite, willemite and franklinite, from Franklin, NJ. Specimen size: 5cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of calcite from Mexico

Photograph of specimen of calcite from Mexico

Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Calcite (var st1e)

Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Calcite (var Terlingua)

CL spectrum of Mn rich calcite

Medium-wave UV luminescence image of calcite specimen from Duyun, Guizhou Prov., China

Photograph of a specimen of calcite, willemite and franklinite, from Franklin, NJ.

Photograph of a specimen containing chondrodite, calcite, diopside and hydrozincite, from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 13cm

Photograph of a specimen of esperite, calcite and willemite, from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen containing chondrodite (yellow PL), calcite (red-pink PL), diopside (bluish-green to blue PL) and hydrozincite (powder blue PL), from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 13cm

Photograph of a specimen of calcite, fluorite and willemite, from Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona. Specimen size:14 cm

Photograph of calcite with duftite (NMNH 166935) from the National Mineral Collection

Phot by Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution. CC0

Photograph of specimen of calcite from Mexico

Photograph of a specimen of hydrozincite, chondrodite, Ddopside and calcite from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 14cm

Image of a specimen of willemite, calcite and franklinite from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm

Photograph of calcite specimen from Duyun, Guizhou Prov., China

Photograph of specimen of containing calcite, aragonite, chondrodite, etc., from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Specimen size: 14cm

Photograph of a specimen containing chondrodite, calcite, diopside and hydrozincite, from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada

Photograph of fiel crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Midwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of hydrozincite (powder blue PL), chondrodite (yellow PL), diopside (blue-green PL) and calcite (red-pink PL) from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 14cm

Photograph of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

UV luminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), fluorite (blue) and willemite (green), from Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen containing chondrodite (yellow PL), calcite (red-pink PL), diopside (bluish-green to blue PL) and hydrozincite (powder blue PL), from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada

Longwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Calcite

Photograph of calcite specimen from Duyun, Guizhou Prov., China. Specimen size: 12.5cm

Photograph of specimen of calcite (white) with fluorite (purple), from Fission Mine, Harcourt, Ontario, Canada. Size:8cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of cerussite (peach) on calcite (pink), from Tsumeb, Namibia. Specimen size: 15cm

Material properties

Formulas	(Ca,Mg)CO₃, CaCO₃
Abbreviation	Cal, Cal
Variants	Terlingua, st1e, Mg
Classifications	Calcite (group), Calcium carbonate, Minerals containing CO3
Members	Plumbocalcite, Iceland spar, Manganocalcite
Luminescence emitters	Ce, CO3, Dy, Er, Eu, Fe, Mn, Nd, Pb, PO2, Radiation induced, REE, Self trapped exciton, Sm, Tb, Triplet-singlet, Unspecified, UO2
Spectra	Luminescence (4), SXES (1)
IMA Status	Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1836
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Related materials	Aragonite, Vaterite
Crystal symmetry	Trigonal, Point group 3m, Space group R3c (#167)
Tags	Mineral, Carbonate, Carbonate

Composition

Element	Atoms
Ca	1
C	1
O	3
Total:	5

References for Calcite

Reference

Lines

Spectra

Images

CSIRO SXES database

Chapoulie et al. 1995

Gaft et al. 1998

Gaft et al. 2005

Gorobets and Rogojine 2002

Griffith 1974

Habermann et al. 1999

Marshall 1988

CSIRO CL spectra 2021

Richter et al. 2003

Schulman et al. 1947

Sidike et al. 2006(a), luminescence

Sidike et al. 2006(a), luminescence, other

Tarashchan 1978

Walker & Burley 1991

Specimens of Calcite

Name	Owner	Materials	Image	Spectra	Techniques
CaCO3 Hyper1-19 (ex Fluorite)	CSIRO	Calcite	CaCO3 Hyper1-19 (ex Fluorite) BSE image of Calcite [CaCO3] in 'CaCO3 Hyper1-19 (ex Fluorite)' standard (CSIRO). Instrument: JEOL JSM-IT800. (C) 2024 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All Rights reserved.	1	SXES
M0973 Fluorapatite	CSIRO	Apatite, Berlinite, Calcite, Fluorapatite	M0973 Fluorapatite Image of Apatite, Berlinite, Calcite and Fluorapatite in specimen 'M0973 Fluorapatite' [CSIRO], from Burgess County, Ontario, Canada. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
M1070 Dravite	CSIRO	Calcite, Dravite	M1070 Dravite Image of Dravite and Calcite in specimen 'M1070 Dravite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
M1598 Fluorapatite	CSIRO	Apatite, Berlinite, Calcite, Fluorapatite	M1598 Fluorapatite Image of Apatite, Berlinite, Calcite and Fluorapatite in specimen 'M1598 Fluorapatite' [CSIRO], from Perth (near), Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	2	Reflectance
M2086 Wollastonite	CSIRO	Calcite, Grossular, Wollastonite, Wollastonite-1A	M2086 Wollastonite Image of Wollastonite, Calcite, Grossular and Wollastonite-1A in specimen 'M2086 Wollastonite' [CSIRO], from Willsboro, Essex Co., NY, USA. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
M2201 Fluorvesuvianite	CSIRO	Calcite, Fluorvesuvianite, Vesuvianite	M2201 Fluorvesuvianite Image of Vesuvianite, Calcite and Fluorvesuvianite in specimen 'M2201 Fluorvesuvianite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
MES126 Danburite	CSIRO	Calcite, Danburite, Quartz	MES126 Danburite Image of Danburite, Calcite and Quartz in specimen 'MES126 Danburite' [CSIRO], from Aurora Mine, Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
MES301 Danburite	CSIRO	Calcite, Danburite, Dundasite, Quartz	MES301 Danburite Image of Dundasite, Calcite, Danburite and Quartz in specimen 'MES301 Danburite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance

Calcite [ CaCO3 ]

Images of Calcite

Photograph of a specimen of calcite, fluorite and willemite, from Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona. Specimen size: 14mm

UV luminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), fluorite (blue) and willemite (green) from Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona. Size: 14cm

Medium-wave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of calcite (pink) with fluorite (blue), from Fission Mine, Harcourt, Ontario, Canada. Size:8cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of esperite (yellow), calcite (red) and willemite (green), from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), willemite (green) and franklinite (black), from Franklin, NJ. Specimen size: 5cm

Image of a specimen of hydrozincite, chondrodite, diopside and calcite from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 14cm

Longwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Crystals of cerussite on calcite, from Tsumeb, Namibia. Specimen size: 15cm

Short- and medium-wave luminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), aragonite (blue), and chondrodite (yellow), from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Specimen size: 14cm

Shortwave UV luminescence image of specimen of calcite (red) with willemite (green) and franklinite (non-luminescent), from Franklin, New Jersey. Specimen size: 11cm

Midwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of hydrozincite (powder blue PL), chondrodite (yellow PL), diopside (blue-green PL) and calcite (red-pink PL) from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 14cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), willemite (green) and franklinite (black), from Franklin, NJ.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of esperite (yellow), calcite (red) and willemite (green), from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm.

Photograph of a specimen of calcite (white) with willemite (brown) and franklinite (black), from Franklin, New Jersey. Specimen size: 11cm

Photograph of a specimen of esperite, calcite and willemite, from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of willemite (green), calcite (red) and franklinite (dark), from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm

Photograph of a specimen of calcite, willemite and franklinite, from Franklin, NJ. Specimen size: 5cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of calcite from Mexico

Photograph of specimen of calcite from Mexico

Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Calcite (var st1e)

Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Calcite (var Terlingua)

CL spectrum of Mn rich calcite

Medium-wave UV luminescence image of calcite specimen from Duyun, Guizhou Prov., China

Photograph of a specimen of calcite, willemite and franklinite, from Franklin, NJ.

Photograph of a specimen containing chondrodite, calcite, diopside and hydrozincite, from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 13cm

Photograph of a specimen of esperite, calcite and willemite, from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen containing chondrodite (yellow PL), calcite (red-pink PL), diopside (bluish-green to blue PL) and hydrozincite (powder blue PL), from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 13cm

Photograph of a specimen of calcite, fluorite and willemite, from Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona. Specimen size:14 cm

Photograph of calcite with duftite (NMNH 166935) from the National Mineral Collection

Photograph of specimen of calcite from Mexico

Photograph of a specimen of hydrozincite, chondrodite, Ddopside and calcite from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 14cm

Image of a specimen of willemite, calcite and franklinite from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm

Photograph of calcite specimen from Duyun, Guizhou Prov., China

Photograph of specimen of containing calcite, aragonite, chondrodite, etc., from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Specimen size: 14cm

Photograph of a specimen containing chondrodite, calcite, diopside and hydrozincite, from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada

Photograph of fiel crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Midwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of hydrozincite (powder blue PL), chondrodite (yellow PL), diopside (blue-green PL) and calcite (red-pink PL) from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 14cm

Photograph of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

UV luminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), fluorite (blue) and willemite (green), from Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen containing chondrodite (yellow PL), calcite (red-pink PL), diopside (bluish-green to blue PL) and hydrozincite (powder blue PL), from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada

Longwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Calcite

Photograph of calcite specimen from Duyun, Guizhou Prov., China. Specimen size: 12.5cm

Photograph of specimen of calcite (white) with fluorite (purple), from Fission Mine, Harcourt, Ontario, Canada. Size:8cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of cerussite (peach) on calcite (pink), from Tsumeb, Namibia. Specimen size: 15cm

Material properties

Composition

References for Calcite

Specimens of Calcite

Calcite [ CaCO₃ ]