Call number:
Carbonates
D16 (12)
D16 (12)
Classification:
Carbonates
Name:
Calcite
Translated title:
Calcite
Place of origin:
Freiberg/Saxony, Germany
Depositional environment:
Found in sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks.
Description:
Found in most geologic settings and as a later forming replacement mineral in most other environments in one form or another, it is most common as massive material in limestones and marbles. It forms as chemical sedimentary deposits as limestone, can be regionally or contact metamorphosed into marbles and rarely forms igneous rocks (carbonatites). Also is a common gangue mineral in hydrothermal deposits
Chemical formula:
CaCO3
Crystal system:
Trigonal
Crystal schema:
Hexagonal Scalenohedral
Persistent URL:
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Photograph
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Photo number:
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