Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Category
Browse sedimentary (if limestone) or metamorphic (if marble) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Polished banded limestone or marble pebble
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; likely banded marble (recrystallized limestone)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Rounded limestone pebble
Limestone, primarily calcite (CaCO₃), possibly micritic or fossiliferous
Map Jasper (Grey Picasso Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
White quartz-rich rock, possibly marble or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂)-rich metamorphic stone; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Calcite (likely chalky calcite fragment)
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Banded Onyx (Calcite Marble)
Calcite (CaCO3) - Trap-rock or Cave Onyx
Rounded quartz-rich pebbles
Likely quartzite or quartz-rich sandstone; predominantly microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Black Marble with Quartz Veining
Metamorphosed Limestone (Recrystallized CaCO3)
Botryoidal calcite (likely calcite concretion)
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Polished black-and-white banded stone, likely a dendritic agate or marble
Uncertain; probable calcite marble or chalcedony agate with white mineral veining
Orange Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Primary mineral: Lazurite, (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2)
Honey calcite
Calcite (CaCO₃), likely iron-stained or naturally honey-colored
Cut limestone masonry
Calcitic limestone, predominantly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Yellow calcite
Calcite (CaCO₃)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Foliated metamorphic rock, likely marble or calc-schist
Calcite-rich marble/calc-schist; predominantly CaCO₃ (calcite), with possible mica and quartz
White Marble (often sold as Caribbean Calcite or Pistachio Calcite in this form)
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Honey Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Tumbled speckled pebble, likely marble or limestone
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; possibly impure marble (CaCO₃)
Blue-gray calcite-bearing marble
Calcite (CaCO₃), recrystallized as marble; possibly minor quartz or dolomite
Tumbled zebra stone, likely zebra marble or banded calcite
Zebra marble (recrystallized calcite, CaCO₃), possibly black-and-white banded calcite
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis lazuli (primary component: Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2)
Lapis Lazuli
Complex mixture of minerals (lazurite, calcite, pyrite, and sodalite); (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2
Lapis Lazuli
Na8[Al6Si6O24]n(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2 (Lazurite component)
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli (Rock composed primarily of Lazurite (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2, Calcite, and Pyrite)
Tumbled banded calcite
Calcite, CaCO₃
Limestone
Calcite (CaCO3)
Raw Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Onyx Marble (Banded Calcite)
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Educational Geologic Collection
Mixed Mineral and Rock Collection (Various compositions)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Optical Calcite (Iceland Spar)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Picasso Jasper
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Pink Polished Marble (or Limestone) Pillar
Recrystallized Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)