Calcite [ CaCO3 ]

Images of Calcite

Material properties

Formulas (Ca,Mg)CO3, CaCO3
Abbreviation Cal
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1836
Crystal symmetry Trigonal, Point group 3m, Space group R3c (#167)
Classifications Minerals containing CO3, Calcite (group), Calcium carbonate
Members Plumbocalcite, Manganocalcite, Iceland spar
Variants Mg, Terlingua, st1e
Related materials Aragonite, Vaterite
Luminescence emitters Ce, CO3, Cr, Dy, Er, Eu, Fe, Mn, Nd, Pb, PO2, Radiation induced, REE, Self trapped exciton, Sm, Tb, Triplet-singlet, Unspecified, UO2
Spectra Luminescence (5), SXES (1)
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Tags Carbonate, Mineral

Composition

Element Atoms
Ca 1
C 1
O 3
Total: 5

References for Calcite

Reference
Lines Spectra Images
CSIRO SXES database 0 1 0
Chapoulie et al. 1995 9 0 0
Gaft et al. 1998 1 0 0
Gaft et al. 2005 9 3 3
Gorobets and Rogojine 2002 5 0 0
Griffith 1974 6 0 0
Habermann et al. 1999 10 0 0
Hamblen 2003 0 0 42
Lee et al. 2005 5 0 0
Marshall 1988 1 0 0
Medlin 1963 1 0 0
Medlin 1964 1 0 0
CSIRO CL spectra 2021 2 1 1
Richter et al. 2003 1 0 0
Schulman et al. 1947 1 0 0
Sidike et al. 2006(a), luminescence 3 0 0
Sidike et al. 2006(a), luminescence, other 2 0 0
CSIRO spectra 2015 (Noril'sk-Kharelakh), luminescence 2 1 0
CSIRO spectra 2015 (Noril'sk-Kharelakh), luminescence, other 0 1 0
Tarashchan 1978 25 0 0
Walker & Burley 1991 2 0 0

Specimens of Calcite

Name Owner Materials Phase purity Image Spectra Techniques
M0391 Siderite / Dolomite CSIRO Calcite (2.5%), Dolomite, Siderite, Ullmannite 2.5 0 —
M2086 Wollastonite CSIRO Calcite (2.1%), Grossular, Wollastonite, Wollastonite-1A 2.1 1 Reflectance
M0282 Proustite CSIRO Argentopyrite, Calcite (2.0%), Dolomite, Marcasite, Proustite, Pyrite 2.0 0 —
M0973 Apatite CSIRO Apatite, Berlinite, Calcite (2.0%), Fluorapatite 2.0 1 Reflectance
M1070 Tourmaline CSIRO Calcite (2.0%), Dravite, Tourmaline 2.0 1 Reflectance
M2729 Bornite CSIRO Bornite, Calcite (2.0%), Cassiterite, Kaolinite, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz, Siderite 2.0 0 —
46E0233 Albite CSIRO Albite, Analcime, Calcite (1.8%), Microcline 1.8 0 —
193 Fuchsite CSIRO Calcite (1.5%), Clinochlore (var. Fe), Dolomite, Fuchsite, Muscovite-2M1 (var. Cr), Pyrite, Quartz 1.5 0 —
M0373 Löllingite CSIRO Calcite (1.4%), Löllingite, Siderite, Skutterudite 1.4 0 —
M2728 Goethite CSIRO Calcite (1.4%), Goethite, Hematite, Siderite 1.4 0 —
M0414 Arsenopyrite CSIRO Arsenopyrite, Calcite (1.3%), Dolomite, Glaucodot 1.3 0 —
M2687 Pyrrhotite CSIRO Arsenopyrite, Calcite (var. Mg) (1.2%), Magnetite, Pyrrhotite, Pyrrhotite-4M, Pyrrhotite-5C, Sulfur, Szomolnokite 1.2 0 —
M0866 Dolomite CSIRO Calcite (1.1%), Dolomite, Tremolite 1.1 0 —
NR-GYP02 Gypsum CSIRO Calcite (1.1%), Gypsum 1.1 0 —
M1155 Apatite (manganoan) CSIRO Apatite (var. Mn), Calcite (1.0%), Fluorapatite, Muscovite, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz 1.0 0 —
MES126 Danburite CSIRO Calcite (1.0%), Danburite, Quartz 1.0 1 Reflectance
MES301 Danburite CSIRO Calcite (1.0%), Danburite, Quartz 1.0 1 Reflectance
Aragonite-Calcite-Chondrodite (#22, Ontario) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Aragonite, Calcite, Chondrodite — 0 —
Calcite (#13, Duyun) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Calcite — 0 —
Calcite (#36, Mexico) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Calcite — 0 —
Calcite-Fluorite (#17, Ontario) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Calcite, Fluorite — 0 —
Calcite-Fluorite-Willemite (#4, Arizona) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Calcite, Fluorite, Willemite — 0 —
Calcite-Willemite-Franklinite (#12, Franklin, NJ) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Calcite, Franklinite, Willemite — 0 —
Calcite-Willemite-Franklinite (#8, Franklin, NJ) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Calcite, Franklinite, Willemite — 0 —
Cerussite-Calcite (Tsumeb) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Calcite, Cerussite — 0 —