Citrine Calcite - XLG

Calcite is an amazing and most common mineral, comprising about 4% of the Earth’s crust (by weight). Calcite is remarkably varied in growth formations; there are more than three hundred different crystal formations and more than 1000 combinations of them.

AKA: Golden Calcite, Gold Calcite, Honey Calcite

Item Size: X-Large 1 1/4 - 2" (30-50mm)


GENERAL INFORMATION

Mineral Class: Carbonates, Nitrates, Borates

Mineral Species: Anhydrous Carbonates

Mineral Group: Calcite

Chemical Formula: CaCO₃ - Calcium Carbonate

Composition:
40.04% - Calcium Ca
12.00% - Carbon C
47.96% - Oxygen O

Environment: Found in sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks

IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845

Locality: Common worldwide

Name Origin: From the Latin calx and the Greek chalix, both meaning ‘lime.’

Calcite Sources: USA, UK, Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Peru, Iceland, Romania, Brazil


PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Cleavage: Perfect

Color: Light yellow to Gold

Crystal System: Trigonal – Hexagonal Scalenohedral

Density: 2.71

Diaphaniety: Transparent – Opaque

Fracture: Brittle – Conchoidal – Very brittle fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments.

Habit: Crystalline – Coarse – Occurs as well-formed coarse sized crystals.

Habit: Massive – Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses.

Habit: Stalactitic – Shaped like pendant columns as stalactites or stalagmites (e.g. calcite).

Hardness: 3 – Calcite

Luminescence: Fluorescent

Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)

Magnetism: Nonmagnetic

Specific Gravity: 2.71

Streak: White


METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Affirmation: I move confidently and effectively to manifest my higher purpose through my work in the world.

Chakras: Third eye, throat

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Element: Fire, Wind

Beneficial for: Elimination, study, motivation, laziness, revitalization, emotional stress, orans of elimination, calcium uptake in bones, dissolving calcification, skeleton, supporting wounds.

Citrine Calcite is a great eliminator. Its energy, especially as an elixir, is uplifting. Enhancing meditation, it induces a deep state of relaxation and spirituality, and links to the highest source of spiritual guidance. It stimulates the higher mind and the will.