CALCITE

Calcite

Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate . The other polymorphs are the minerals aragonite and vaterite. Aragonite will change to calcite at 380–470°C, and vaterite is even less stable.

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calcite

Noun

  1. a very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found as limestone, chalk and marble


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