Calcita
Calcita is a mineral with formula CaCO₃, in the Carbonatos group. This specimen comes from Minas de Madan, Madan, Smolyan, Bulgaria.
Description
White spiky calcite crest with a sugary texture. UV-reactive.
About Calcita
Calcite is a calcium carbonate that may occur in a wide range of habits.
About the locality
Madan, in the Bulgarian Rhodopes, is a Pb-Zn hydrothermal district known for calcite, galena and sphalerite.
Technical data
- Catalogue No.
- 0670
- Composition
- CaCO₃
- Name
- Calcita
- Group
- Carbonatos
- Category
- Cresta Montis
- Mine
- Minas de Madan
- District / Municipality
- Madan
- Province
- Smolyan
- Country
- Bulgaria
- Etymology
- From the Latin "calx, calcis" (lime), referring to the lime obtained by calcining it.
- Quality
- Buena
- Value trend
- Estable
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