Assertion: calcite | /r/HasProperty | calcium carbonate
Facets:
value: chemically
type: MANNER
value: with a hardness of only 3
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The individual sand grains are glued together by minerals such as calcite (calcium carbonate) and hematite (iron oxide) that are precipitated (see chemical sedimentary rocks) out of ground water that travels between the sand grains.
text: Calcite, CaCO3, is a calcium carbonate with a hardness of only 3; it can be scratched with a fingernail.
text: Calcite is an ionic salt called calcium carbonate or CaCO 3 .
text: As calcite (calcium carbonate), it occurs on Earth in limestone, chalk, marble, dolomite, eggshells, pearls, coral, stalactites, stalagmites, and the shells of many marine animals.
text: Calcite is chemically calcium carbonate (formula CaCO3).
text: Lenses of trilobites' eyes were made of calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 ).