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| Name: | Calcite Cal |
| Specimens in Collection: |  #7: Flourite & Calcite Hunan,China  #29: Calcite El Hammam Mine, Khemisset Prov., Morocco  #62: Quartz var., Amethyst / Calcite India  #97: Calcite  #98: Calcite Tsumeb Mine, Namibia  #99: Calcite (Cave)  #100: Calcite Sceptre  #101: Calcite / Marcasite / Fluorite Morocco  #135: Calcite var. Dogtooth Chihuahua, Mexico  #230: Stibnite / Calcite China  #345: Calcite var. Dogtooth Black Knife Mine, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA  #389: Calcite var. Honey Hunan,China  #415: Calcite var. Dogtooth ps. w/ Fluorite Octohedra Black Knife Mine, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA  #420: Calcite var. Honey Hunan,China  #436: Calcite var. Dogtooth ps. w/ Fluorite Octohedra Black Knife Mine, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA  #445: Calcite / Fluorite Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Asturias, Spain  #479: Calcite var. Cobaltoan Oumlil Mine, Bou Azzer, Morocco  #566: Calcite Pugh Quarry, Weston,Wood County, Ohio, USA  #626: Fluorite / Calcite Emilio Mines, Asturias, Spain  #628: Calcite Elk Creek, South Dakota, USA  #633: Calcite / Marcasite / Dolomite Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA  #635: Chalcopyrite / Calcite Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA  #650: Calcite Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA  #676: Calcite var. Cobaltoan Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Congo [DRC]  #697: Calcite Durango, Mexico  #705: Calcite Diamond Mountain, Little Falls, New York, USA  #726: Calcite Buena Tierra, Mexico  #728: Calcite Grabiszyce Quarry, Gmina Lesna, Luban County, Poland  #751: Calcite var. Dogtooth / Cinnabar Hubei, China  #796: Calcite var. Optical  #846: Malachite/ Calcite var. Cobaltoan Katanga, Congo [DRC]  #847: Calcite var. Cobaltoan Congo [DRC]  #883: Calcite var. Panda Fujian, China  #933: Calcite Minas Gerais, Brazil  #966: Calcite var. Bumblebee "Jasper" Mount Papandayan, West Java, Indonesia  #976: Azurite / Calcite / Aurichalcite Helvetia District, Pima County, Arizona, USA  #983: Calcite Nanisivik Mine, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada  #991: Calcite / Sphalerite Cumberland Mine, Drift 16-5-3, Smith County, Tennessee, USA  #1156: Calcite Taouz, Morocco  #1159: Calcite / Serandite / Aegirine Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada  #1182: Sphalerite / Calcite Dundas Quarry, Ontario, Canada  #1183: Sphalerite / Calcite Dundas Quarry, Ontario, Canada  #1236: Fluorite / Calcite Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico  #1244: Celestine / Calcite Badakhshan, Afghanistan  #1263: Calcite / Galena / Pyrite Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru  #1274: Malachite/ Calcite var. Cobaltoan Katanga, Congo [DRC]  #1427: Calcite / Siderite  #1475: Calcite var. Honey / Baryte Elk Creek, South Dakota, USA  #1478: Calcite var. Green Durango, Mexico  #1489: Calcite var. Panda Fujian, China  #1498: Calcite var. Panda Fujian, China  #1503: Calcite / Quartz / Sphalerite 3970' Level, Empire State Zinc Mine #4, Balmat, New York, USA |
| IMA Chemistry: | Ca(CO3) |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Calcite contains elements: Calcium (Ca) Carbon (C) Oxygen (O) |
| Country of Type Locality: | unknown |
| Year First Published: | 0 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Grandfathered |
| Status Notes: | Mineral known since antiquity under a number of names, but it appears to have first been called calcite in this publication: Freiesleben J C (1836) Calcit, Magazin für die Oryktographie von Sachsen 7, 118-121 |
| Structural Group Name: | Calcite |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | calcite |
| Crystal Systems: | hexagonal |
| Oldest Known Age: | 4700 Million Years Ago |
| Mohs Hardness: | 3.0 |
| Diaphaneity: | 2.0 |
| Specific Gravity: | 2.71 |
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