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Calcium carbonate

LC control no.sh 85018780
Topical headingCalcium carbonate
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See alsoCalcium compounds
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Carbonates
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Aragonite
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Calcite
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Limestone
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Marble
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Vaterite
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Found inAcademic Press dict. of sci. and tech., via WWW, Oct. 18, 2001 (calcium carbonate (Inorganic Chemistry): CaCO₃, a white powder or colorless crystals, very slightly soluble in water. One of the most abundant inorganic substances in nature, it is the major component of sedimentary rocks, occurring in a relatively pure state as calcite, aragonite, marble, limestone, and chalk, as well as in animal shells and bones; calcite (Mineralogy): CaCO₃, a colorless to white trigonal mineral of the calcite group that occurs in highly varied crystal forms; the chief ingredient of all limestones and marble, and one of the most widely distributed minerals in the world; trimorphous with aragonite and vaterite, and forms a series with rhodochrosite)