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	CaCO₃, (Ca,Mg)CO₃
Abbreviation	Cal, Cal
Variants	Mg, Terlingua, st1e
Classifications	Calcium carbonate, Minerals containing CO3, Calcite (group)
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
M0391 Siderite / Dolomite	CSIRO	Calcite (2.5%), Dolomite, Siderite, Ullmannite	2.5	M0391 Siderite / Dolomite Image of Siderite, Calcite, Dolomite and Ullmannite in specimen 'M0391 Siderite / Dolomite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2086 Wollastonite	CSIRO	Calcite (2.1%), Grossular, Wollastonite, Wollastonite-1A	2.1	M2086 Wollastonite Image of Wollastonite, Calcite, Grossular and Wollastonite-1A in specimen 'M2086 Wollastonite' [CSIRO], from Willsboro, Essex Co., NY, USA. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
M0282 Proustite / Pyrite / Marcasite	CSIRO	Argentopyrite, Calcite (2.0%), Dolomite, Marcasite, Proustite, Pyrite	2.0	M0282 Proustite / Pyrite / Marcasite Image of Proustite, Argentopyrite, Calcite, Dolomite, Marcasite and Pyrite in specimen 'M0282 Proustite / Pyrite / Marcasite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0973 Fluorapatite	CSIRO	Apatite, Berlinite, Calcite (2.0%), Fluorapatite	2.0	M0973 Fluorapatite Image of Apatite, Berlinite, Calcite and Fluorapatite in specimen 'M0973 Fluorapatite' [CSIRO], from Burgess County, Ontario, Canada. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
M1070 Dravite	CSIRO	Calcite (2.0%), Dravite	2.0	M1070 Dravite Image of Dravite and Calcite in specimen 'M1070 Dravite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
M2729 Bornite / Muscovite	CSIRO	Bornite, Calcite (2.0%), Cassiterite, Kaolinite, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz, Siderite	2.0	M2729 Bornite / Muscovite Image of Bornite, Calcite, Cassiterite, Kaolinite, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz and Siderite in specimen 'M2729 Bornite / Muscovite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
46E0233 Albite	CSIRO	Albite, Analcime, Calcite (1.8%), Microcline	1.8	46E0233 Albite Image of Albite, Analcime, Calcite and Microcline in specimen '46E0233 Albite' [CSIRO], from Bancroft, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
193 Dolomite / Muscovite / Quartz	CSIRO	Calcite (1.5%), Clinochlore, Fe, Dolomite, Muscovite-2M1, Cr, Pyrite, Quartz	1.5		0	—
M0373 Löllingite / Siderite / Skutterudite	CSIRO	Calcite (1.4%), Löllingite, Siderite, Skutterudite	1.4		0	—
M2728 Goethite / Siderite	CSIRO	Calcite (1.4%), Goethite, Hematite, Siderite	1.4	M2728 Goethite / Siderite Image of Goethite, Calcite, Hematite and Siderite in specimen 'M2728 Goethite / Siderite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0414 Arsenopyrite / Glaucodot	CSIRO	Arsenopyrite, Calcite (1.3%), Dolomite, Glaucodot	1.3	M0414 Arsenopyrite / Glaucodot Image of Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Dolomite and Glaucodot in specimen 'M0414 Arsenopyrite / Glaucodot' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2687 Pyrrhotite	CSIRO	Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Mg (1.2%), Magnetite, Pyrrhotite-4M, Pyrrhotite-5C, Sulfur, Szomolnokite	1.2	M2687 Pyrrhotite Image of Pyrrhotite-4M, Arsenopyrite, Calcite (var. Mg), Magnetite, Pyrrhotite-5C, Sulfur and Szomolnokite in specimen 'M2687 Pyrrhotite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0866 Dolomite	CSIRO	Calcite (1.1%), Dolomite, Tremolite	1.1	M0866 Dolomite Image of Dolomite, Calcite and Tremolite in specimen 'M0866 Dolomite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
NRGYP02 Gypsum	CSIRO	Calcite (1.1%), Gypsum	1.1	NRGYP02 Gypsum Image of Gypsum and Calcite in specimen 'NRGYP02 Gypsum' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M1155 Fluorapatite / Quartz	CSIRO	Calcite (1.0%), Fluorapatite, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz	1.0	M1155 Fluorapatite / Quartz Image of Fluorapatite, Calcite, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1 and Quartz in specimen 'M1155 Fluorapatite / Quartz' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
MES126 Danburite	CSIRO	Calcite (1.0%), Danburite, Quartz	1.0	MES126 Danburite Image of Danburite, Calcite and Quartz in specimen 'MES126 Danburite' [CSIRO], from Aurora Mine, Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
MES301 Danburite	CSIRO	Calcite (1.0%), Danburite, Dundasite, Quartz	1.0	MES301 Danburite Image of Dundasite, Calcite, Danburite and Quartz in specimen 'MES301 Danburite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
Aragonite-Calcite-Chondrodite (#22, Ontario)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Aragonite, Calcite, Chondrodite	—	Aragonite-Calcite-Chondrodite (#22, Ontario) Photograph of specimen of containing calcite, aragonite, chondrodite, etc., from Long Lake Zinc Mine, Frontenac Co. Ontario Canada. Specimen size: 14cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.	0	—
Calcite (#13, Duyun)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Calcite	—	Calcite (#13, Duyun) Photograph of calcite specimen from Duyun, Guizhou Prov., China. Specimen size: 12.5cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.	0	—
Calcite (#36, Mexico)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Calcite	—	Calcite (#36, Mexico) Photograph of specimen of calcite from Mexico Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.	0	—
Calcite-Fluorite (#17, Ontario)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Calcite, Fluorite	—	Calcite-Fluorite (#17, Ontario) Photograph of specimen of calcite (white) with fluorite (purple), from Fission Mine, Harcourt, Ontario, Canada. Size:8cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.	0	—
Calcite-Fluorite-Willemite (#4, Arizona)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Calcite, Fluorite, Willemite	—	Calcite-Fluorite-Willemite (#4, Arizona) Photograph of a specimen of calcite, fluorite and willemite, from Purple Passion Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona. Specimen size:14 cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.	0	—
Calcite-Willemite-Franklinite (#12, Franklin, NJ)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Calcite, Franklinite, Willemite	—	Calcite-Willemite-Franklinite (#12, Franklin, NJ) Photograph of a specimen of calcite (white) with willemite (brown) and franklinite (black), from Franklin, New Jersey. Specimen size: 11cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.	0	—
Calcite-Willemite-Franklinite (#8, Franklin, NJ)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Calcite, Franklinite, Willemite	—	Calcite-Willemite-Franklinite (#8, Franklin, NJ) Photograph of a specimen of calcite, willemite and franklinite, from Franklin, NJ. Specimen size: 5cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.	0	—
Cerussite-Calcite (Tsumeb)	Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech	Calcite, Cerussite	—	Cerussite-Calcite (Tsumeb) Crystals of cerussite on calcite, from Tsumeb, Namibia. Specimen size: 15cm Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.	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 ]