General Information:
Chemical Formula:
CaCO3
Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 100.09 gm)
Calcium 40.04 % Ca
Carbon 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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