Calcite on fluorite, from Illinois
Calcite, calcium carbonate, is one of the most ubiquitous minerals on the earth's surface. It is the constituent of seashells and tiny marine organisms. When these animals die their shells fall to the seabed and eventually are compressed and transformed i
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