Calcite
UNB-2020-0068Minerals » Carbonates
Description
Original Description: *Incomplete.
Calcite (CaCO3) can be white, colourless, pale shades of grey, yellow, red, green, blue or brown to black when impure. Lustre is vitreous or dull and streak is white. Hardness is 3 and cleavage is perfect in three directions forming a rhombohedron. Calcite usually occurs as rhombohedron, scalenohedron or prisms. Calcite can also be tabular, acicular, cleavable, granular, compact, stalactitic, oolitic or earthy. Twinned crystals are common.
Specifications
| Object name | Calcite |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2020-0068 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Mineral |
| Classification | Mineral group: Carbonates |
| Composition |
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| Origin | Unknown |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
Publications
- Chesterman, C.W. 1979. Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals. Knopf.