Calcite group - UV-Vis spectra


Calcite with serpentine cab – 13.58 ct – reportedly from China


uvvis  calcite+serpentine 1358  yellow-and-brown  (China)
Almost the lizardite spectrum

Brown calcite – crystal – Mexico


Not available

Brown calcite – 0.54 ct – Book Cliff,Colorado, USA


uvvis  calcite 054  brown  BookCliff Colorado USA

Bluish-white calcite – rough – China


uvvis  calcite B  bluish-white  China

Light-bluish-green calcite – 13.15 ct rough – Mexico


uvvis  calcite 1315B  light-bluish-green  Mexico

Light-grayish-blue calcite – 4.67 ct rough – Madagascar


uvvis  calcite 467B  light-grayish-blue  Madagascar

Light-yellow calcite – 3.77 ct – Unknown locality


uvvis  calcite 377  light-yellow  Unknown Locality

Brownish-orange calcite – 3.03 ct – Erongo, Namibia


uvvis  calcite 303  brownish-orange  Erongo Namibia

Yellowish-brown calcite – 2.48 ct slice – Morvan, France


uvvis  calcite 248L  yellowish-brown  Morvan France

Pink cobalto-calcite – slice – Marocco


uvvis  calcite(Co) -L  pink  Marocco

Yellowish-green gaspeite – Paris mine, Widgiemooltha, Kambalda, Australia


uvvis  gaspeite L  yellowish-green  ParisMine Widgiemooltha Kambalda Australia

Colorless magnesite – 1.25 ct – Unknown locality


No spectrum

Blue and white magnesite (turquoise imitation) – slice – China


Not available

Yellowish-green magnesite (gaspeite imitation) – slice – Unknown locality


uvvis  magnesite (chip)L  yellowish-green  Unknown Locality

Red rhodochrosite – 3.31 ct – Argentina


uvvis  rhodochrosite 331  red  Argentina

Red rhodochrosite – 0.50 ct – Unknown locality


uvvis  rhodochrosite 050  red  Unknown Locality

Siderite base of green to reddish-orange ammolite – 10.66 ct – Canada


No spectrum

Very-light-green smithsonite – 0.16 ct – USA


uvvis  smithsonite 016  very-light-green  USA

Colorless smithsonite – 0.18 ct – Brazil


No spectrum

Pink smithsonite – 4.06 ct – Mexico


uvvis  smithsonite 406  pink  Mexico

Yellow smithsonite – 3.29 ct – Masua, Sardaigne, Italy


uvvis  smithsonite 329  yellow  Masua Sardinia Italy

Yellow smithsonite – 3.89 ct – China


uvvis  smithsonite 389  yellow  China