Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Category
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Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
White Marble Pebble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Lapis Lazuli (Fragment)
Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock
Ruby (Corundum)
Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) with Chromium traces
Blue Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
White Marble
Metamorphosed limestone (primarily Calcite, CaCO3)
Tumbled blue-gray stone, likely marble or quartzite
Indeterminate; probably calcite marble (CaCO₃) or quartzite (SiO₂)
Lapis Lazuli
Na8[Al6Si6O24]n(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2
Parian marble sculpture fragment
Marble, predominantly calcite (CaCO₃), likely a fine-grained Greek island marble
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Dark Emperador Marble
Recrystallized Calcitic Marble
Banded limestone or marble pebble
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; likely banded marble (CaCO₃)
Polished gray metamorphic stone, likely marble
Calcite-dominant marble (CaCO₃), possibly dolomitic marble
Weathered limestone or calcitic marble
Calcite-rich carbonate rock, chiefly CaCO₃; likely fossiliferous limestone, possibly weakly metamorphosed marble
Marble (Carrara Marble style)
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Calcite (Optical Calcite / Iceland Spar)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Calcite Crystal Cluster
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
White Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
White marble (likely calcitic marble)
Calcite-rich marble; primarily calcium carbonate, CaCO₃
Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Likely calcite
Calcite, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Marble (Sculptural Statue)
Metamorphic Limestone (CaCO3)
Tumbled pale green calcite
Calcite (CaCO₃)
Lapis Lazuli (Tumbled Stone)
Na6Ca2(Al6Si6O24)(SO4,S,Cl)2 (Lazulite-rich Metamorphic Rock)
White marble
Calcite marble, predominantly CaCO₃
Limestone
Micritic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Calcite
Calcite (CaCO₃), likely crystalline limestone or marble fragment
Calcite-rich limestone (likely crystalline limestone/marble)
Calcite, CaCO₃; likely recrystallized carbonate rock
Black Marble
Recrystallized Limestone (CaCO3)
Marble (Calcitic)
Metamorphosed Limestone (CaCO3)
Rough white calcite
Calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃)
Likely limestone or marble fragment
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; CaCO₃
White marble
Calcite marble (predominantly CaCO₃)
Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Crystalline limestone (marble-like calcite rock)
Calcite, CaCO₃; likely recrystallized limestone (marble)
Botryoidal Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Yellow Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Orange Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3)
Calcite Vein on Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Lapis Lazuli
Lazurite-rich metamorphic rock (approx. (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2)
Lapis Lazuli (polished cabochon)
Lazurite-rich rock (Na8[Al6Si6O24]n(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2)
Veined limestone (likely marbleized limestone)
Calcite-rich carbonate rock, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃); exact identification requires testing