Calcite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Calcite [ CaCO₃ ]

Images of Calcite

Photograph of a specimen of calcite, fluorite and willemite, from Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona. Specimen size: 14mm

UV luminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), fluorite (blue) and willemite (green) from Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona. Size: 14cm

Medium-wave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of calcite (pink) with fluorite (blue), from Fission Mine, Harcourt, Ontario, Canada. Size:8cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of esperite (yellow), calcite (red) and willemite (green), from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), willemite (green) and franklinite (black), from Franklin, NJ. Specimen size: 5cm

Image of a specimen of hydrozincite, chondrodite, diopside and calcite from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 14cm

Longwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Crystals of cerussite on calcite, from Tsumeb, Namibia. Specimen size: 15cm

Short- and medium-wave luminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), aragonite (blue), and chondrodite (yellow), from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Specimen size: 14cm

Shortwave UV luminescence image of specimen of calcite (red) with willemite (green) and franklinite (non-luminescent), from Franklin, New Jersey. Specimen size: 11cm

Midwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of hydrozincite (powder blue PL), chondrodite (yellow PL), diopside (blue-green PL) and calcite (red-pink PL) from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 14cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), willemite (green) and franklinite (black), from Franklin, NJ.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of esperite (yellow), calcite (red) and willemite (green), from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm.

Photograph of a specimen of calcite (white) with willemite (brown) and franklinite (black), from Franklin, New Jersey. Specimen size: 11cm

Photograph of a specimen of esperite, calcite and willemite, from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of willemite (green), calcite (red) and franklinite (dark), from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm

Photograph of a specimen of calcite, willemite and franklinite, from Franklin, NJ. Specimen size: 5cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of calcite from Mexico

Photograph of specimen of calcite from Mexico

Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Calcite (var st1e)

Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Calcite (var Terlingua)

CL spectrum of Mn rich calcite

Medium-wave UV luminescence image of calcite specimen from Duyun, Guizhou Prov., China

Photograph of a specimen of calcite, willemite and franklinite, from Franklin, NJ.

Photograph of a specimen containing chondrodite, calcite, diopside and hydrozincite, from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 13cm

Photograph of a specimen of esperite, calcite and willemite, from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen containing chondrodite (yellow PL), calcite (red-pink PL), diopside (bluish-green to blue PL) and hydrozincite (powder blue PL), from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 13cm

Photograph of a specimen of calcite, fluorite and willemite, from Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona. Specimen size:14 cm

Photograph of calcite with duftite (NMNH 166935) from the National Mineral Collection

Phot by Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution. CC0

Photograph of specimen of calcite from Mexico

Photograph of a specimen of hydrozincite, chondrodite, Ddopside and calcite from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 14cm

Image of a specimen of willemite, calcite and franklinite from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm

Photograph of calcite specimen from Duyun, Guizhou Prov., China

Photograph of specimen of containing calcite, aragonite, chondrodite, etc., from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Specimen size: 14cm

Photograph of a specimen containing chondrodite, calcite, diopside and hydrozincite, from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada

Photograph of fine crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Midwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of hydrozincite (powder blue PL), chondrodite (yellow PL), diopside (blue-green PL) and calcite (red-pink PL) from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 14cm

Photograph of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

UV luminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), fluorite (blue) and willemite (green), from Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen containing chondrodite (yellow PL), calcite (red-pink PL), diopside (bluish-green to blue PL) and hydrozincite (powder blue PL), from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada

Longwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Calcite

Photograph of calcite specimen from Duyun, Guizhou Prov., China. Specimen size: 12.5cm

Photograph of specimen of calcite (white) with fluorite (purple), from Fission Mine, Harcourt, Ontario, Canada. Size:8cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of cerussite (peach) on calcite (pink), from Tsumeb, Namibia. Specimen size: 15cm

Material properties

Formulas	(Ca,Mg)CO₃, CaCO₃
Abbreviation	Cal, Cal
Variants	Mg, Terlingua, st1e
Classifications	Minerals containing CO3, Calcite (group), Calcium carbonate
Members	Manganocalcite, Plumbocalcite, Iceland spar
Luminescence emitters	Ce, CO3, Dy, Er, Eu, Fe, Mn, Nd, Pb, PO2, Radiation induced, REE, Self trapped exciton, Sm, Tb, Triplet-singlet, Unspecified, UO2
Spectra	Luminescence (4), SXES (1)
IMA Status	Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1836
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Related materials	Aragonite, Vaterite
Crystal symmetry	Trigonal, Point group 3m, Space group R3c (#167)
Tags	Mineral, Carbonate, Carbonate

Composition

Element	Atoms
Ca	1
C	1
O	3
Total:	5

References for Calcite

Reference

Lines

Spectra

Images

CSIRO SXES database

Chapoulie et al. 1995

Gaft et al. 1998

Gaft et al. 2005

Gorobets and Rogojine 2002

Griffith 1974

Habermann et al. 1999

Marshall 1988

CSIRO CL spectra 2021

Richter et al. 2003

Schulman et al. 1947

Sidike et al. 2006(a), luminescence

Sidike et al. 2006(a), luminescence, other

Tarashchan 1978

Walker & Burley 1991

Specimens of Calcite

Name	Owner	Materials	Phase purity	Image	Spectra	Techniques
54H9 Calcite	CSIRO	Calcite (99.6%)	99.6	54H9 Calcite Image of Calcite [ CaCO3 ] in specimen '54H9 Calcite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0388 Calcite	CSIRO	Calcite (99.6%), Pyrrhotite	99.6	M0388 Calcite Image of Calcite and Pyrrhotite in specimen 'M0388 Calcite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
MES201 Quartz	CSIRO	Albite, Ca, Aragonite, Calcite (40.0%), Microcline, Orthoclase, Quartz	40.0	MES201 Quartz Image of Quartz, Albite (var. Ca), Aragonite, Calcite, Microcline and Orthoclase in specimen 'MES201 Quartz' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
SHCa1.2 Hectorite	CSIRO	Ankerite, Calcite, Mg (37.4%), Hectorite, Quartz	37.4	SHCa1.2 Hectorite Image of Hectorite, Ankerite, Calcite (var. Mg) and Quartz in specimen 'SHCa1.2 Hectorite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0186 Stibnite	CSIRO	Calcite, Mg (32.7%), Litharge, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz, Siderite, Mg, Ca, Siderite, Stibnite, Wüstite	32.7	M0186 Stibnite Image of Calcite (var. Mg), Litharge, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz, Siderite, Siderite (var. Mg, Ca), Stibnite and Wüstite in specimen 'M0186 Stibnite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
MES108 Andradite	CSIRO	Andradite, Calcite (31.3%), Hematite, Quartz	31.3	MES108 Andradite Image of specimen 'MES108 Andradite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0193 Stibnite	CSIRO	Calcite (30.0%), Quartz, Stibnite	30.0	M0193 Stibnite Image of Stibnite, Calcite and Quartz in specimen 'M0193 Stibnite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M1863 Scheelite	CSIRO	Calcite (27.3%), Quartz, Scheelite	27.3	M1863 Scheelite Image of Scheelite with Calcite and Quartz in specimen 'M1863 Scheelite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0863 Rhodochrosite	CSIRO	Calcite (26.4%), Rhodochrosite	26.4	M0863 Rhodochrosite Image of Rhodochrosite with Calcite in specimen 'M0863 Rhodochrosite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M1891 Scheelite	CSIRO	Calcite (17.7%), Quartz, Scheelite	17.7	M1891 Scheelite Image of Scheelite with Quartz and Calcite in specimen 'M1891 Scheelite' [CSIRO], from King Island, Tasmania, Australia (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0865 Dolomite	CSIRO	Calcite (13.6%), Dolomite, Quartz	13.6	M0865 Dolomite Image of 'M0865 Dolomite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
APIH23 Montmorillonite	CSIRO	Calcite (12.6%), Montmorillonite	12.6	APIH23 Montmorillonite Image of specimen 'APIH23 Montmorillonite' [CSIRO], from Chambers, Arizona. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
APIH41 Serpentine	CSIRO	Albite, Calcite (11.6%), Hematite, Illite-1Md, Illite-Smectite 11.5A, Quartz, Serpentine (subgroup)	11.6	APIH41 Serpentine Image of Illite-1Md, Albite, Calcite, Hematite, Illite-Smectite 11.5A and Quartz in specimen 'APIH41 Serpentine' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0401 Arsenopyrite / Siderite / Calcite	CSIRO	Anglesite, Arsenopyrite, Bournonite, Calcite, Mg (10.3%), Siderite	10.3	M0401 Arsenopyrite / Siderite / Calcite Image of Arsenopyrite, Anglesite, Bournonite, Calcite (var. Mg) and Siderite in specimen 'M0401 Arsenopyrite / Siderite / Calcite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2597 Bornite	CSIRO	Ankerite, Bornite, Calcite (5.5%), Chalcocite, Digenite, Quartz	5.5	M2597 Bornite Image of specimen 'M2597 Bornite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0297 Phosgenite	CSIRO	Anglesite, Bornite, Calcite (5.4%), Chalcocite, low, Chalcocite, high, Chalcocite-Digenite Group, Djurleite, Phosgenite	5.4	M0297 Phosgenite Image of Phosgenite, Anglesite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite and Djurleite in specimen 'M0297 Phosgenite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2447 Bornite	CSIRO	Bornite, Calcite (4.5%), Hydroxylapatite, Quartz	4.5	M2447 Bornite Image of Bornite, Calcite, Hydroxylapatite and Quartz in specimen 'M2447 Bornite' [CSIRO], from Mount Lyell, West Coast Region, Tasmania, Australia. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0395 Bournonite	CSIRO	Anglesite, Bournonite, Calcite (4.3%), Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Robinsonite, Siderite	4.3	M0395 Bournonite Image of Siderite, Anglesite, Bournonite, Calcite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz and Robinsonite in specimen 'M0395 Bournonite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
MES082 Omphacite	CSIRO	Actinolite, Albite, Calcite (4.0%), Epidote, Ferro-glaucophane, Majorite, Omphacite, Quartz, Titanite	4.0	MES082 Omphacite Image of specimen 'MES082 Omphacite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0264 Galena	CSIRO	Calcite (3.8%), Galena, Quartz, Rhodonite, Sphalerite	3.8	M0264 Galena Image of Rhodonite, Calcite, Galena, Quartz and Sphalerite in specimen 'M0264 Galena' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2201 Fluorvesuvianite	CSIRO	Calcite (3.6%), Fluorvesuvianite, Vesuvianite	3.6	M2201 Fluorvesuvianite Image of specimen 'M2201 Fluorvesuvianite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
M0312 Aragonite	CSIRO	Aragonite, Calcite (3.2%)	3.2	M0312 Aragonite Image of Aragonite and Calcite in specimen 'M0312 Aragonite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M1598 Fluorapatite	CSIRO	Apatite, Berlinite, Calcite (3.0%), Fluorapatite	3.0	M1598 Fluorapatite Image of specimen 'M1598 Apatite' [CSIRO], from Perth (near), Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	2	Reflectance
M0898 Strontianite	CSIRO	Calcite (2.9%), Strontianite	2.9	M0898 Strontianite Image of Strontianite and Calcite in specimen 'M0898 Strontianite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
APIH15 Dickite	CSIRO	Calcite (2.7%), Dickite, Nacrite, Quartz	2.7	APIH15 Dickite Image of Nacrite, Calcite, Dickite and Quartz in specimen 'APIH15 Nacrite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—

Calcite [ CaCO3 ]

Images of Calcite

Photograph of a specimen of calcite, fluorite and willemite, from Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona. Specimen size: 14mm

UV luminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), fluorite (blue) and willemite (green) from Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona. Size: 14cm

Medium-wave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of calcite (pink) with fluorite (blue), from Fission Mine, Harcourt, Ontario, Canada. Size:8cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of esperite (yellow), calcite (red) and willemite (green), from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), willemite (green) and franklinite (black), from Franklin, NJ. Specimen size: 5cm

Image of a specimen of hydrozincite, chondrodite, diopside and calcite from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 14cm

Longwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Crystals of cerussite on calcite, from Tsumeb, Namibia. Specimen size: 15cm

Short- and medium-wave luminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), aragonite (blue), and chondrodite (yellow), from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Specimen size: 14cm

Shortwave UV luminescence image of specimen of calcite (red) with willemite (green) and franklinite (non-luminescent), from Franklin, New Jersey. Specimen size: 11cm

Midwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of hydrozincite (powder blue PL), chondrodite (yellow PL), diopside (blue-green PL) and calcite (red-pink PL) from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 14cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), willemite (green) and franklinite (black), from Franklin, NJ.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of esperite (yellow), calcite (red) and willemite (green), from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm.

Photograph of a specimen of calcite (white) with willemite (brown) and franklinite (black), from Franklin, New Jersey. Specimen size: 11cm

Photograph of a specimen of esperite, calcite and willemite, from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of willemite (green), calcite (red) and franklinite (dark), from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm

Photograph of a specimen of calcite, willemite and franklinite, from Franklin, NJ. Specimen size: 5cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of calcite from Mexico

Photograph of specimen of calcite from Mexico

Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Calcite (var st1e)

Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Calcite (var Terlingua)

CL spectrum of Mn rich calcite

Medium-wave UV luminescence image of calcite specimen from Duyun, Guizhou Prov., China

Photograph of a specimen of calcite, willemite and franklinite, from Franklin, NJ.

Photograph of a specimen containing chondrodite, calcite, diopside and hydrozincite, from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 13cm

Photograph of a specimen of esperite, calcite and willemite, from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen containing chondrodite (yellow PL), calcite (red-pink PL), diopside (bluish-green to blue PL) and hydrozincite (powder blue PL), from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 13cm

Photograph of a specimen of calcite, fluorite and willemite, from Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona. Specimen size:14 cm

Photograph of calcite with duftite (NMNH 166935) from the National Mineral Collection

Photograph of specimen of calcite from Mexico

Photograph of a specimen of hydrozincite, chondrodite, Ddopside and calcite from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 14cm

Image of a specimen of willemite, calcite and franklinite from Franklin, New Jersey. Size: 8cm

Photograph of calcite specimen from Duyun, Guizhou Prov., China

Photograph of specimen of containing calcite, aragonite, chondrodite, etc., from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Specimen size: 14cm

Photograph of a specimen containing chondrodite, calcite, diopside and hydrozincite, from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada

Photograph of fine crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Midwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of hydrozincite (powder blue PL), chondrodite (yellow PL), diopside (blue-green PL) and calcite (red-pink PL) from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Size: 14cm

Photograph of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

UV luminescence image of a specimen of calcite (red), fluorite (blue) and willemite (green), from Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona.

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen containing chondrodite (yellow PL), calcite (red-pink PL), diopside (bluish-green to blue PL) and hydrozincite (powder blue PL), from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada

Longwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of hydrozincite on a calcite matrix, from Franklin, NJ

Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Calcite

Photograph of calcite specimen from Duyun, Guizhou Prov., China. Specimen size: 12.5cm

Photograph of specimen of calcite (white) with fluorite (purple), from Fission Mine, Harcourt, Ontario, Canada. Size:8cm

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of crystals of cerussite (peach) on calcite (pink), from Tsumeb, Namibia. Specimen size: 15cm

Material properties

Composition

References for Calcite

Specimens of Calcite

Calcite [ CaCO₃ ]