Calcium carbonate

Image

Large crystal of calcite on display at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.

© Photo by Alkivar (via Wikimedia Commons), Public Domain

Properties

Formula CaCO3
Variant Novocrania anomala
Members Aragonite, Calcite, Calcite, Mg, Vaterite
Luminescence emitters Mn, Unspecified
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Tags Carbonate, Compound, Synthetic , Biomineral , Carbonate

Composition

Element Atoms
Ca 1
C 1
O 3
Total: 5

Reference

Reference
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England et al. 2006 2 0 0