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calcite
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calcite

Carbonate mineral

Entitymineral speciesQ171917

Also known as orange calcite · red calcite

Instance of
Subclass of

Overview

All data

77 statements · 32% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Streak color
Crystal system
IMA status and/or rank
Formula
  • CaCO₃
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
Mohs' hardness
  • 3.04
Solid solution series with
Named after
Density
  • 2.72 g/cm³
IMA Mineral Symbol
Members / parts
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
Space group
Bulk modulus
  • 75.2B Pa
Shear modulus
  • 33.2B Pa
Poisson's ratio
  • 0.308
Point group

On other databases

48 identifiers linking calcite across the web's reference databases