Interesting facts about Calcite

Good day dear Hive Community, first of all I would like to wish you a pleasant day and hope you are all well! Today I would like to write something about an important mineral and hope you can expand your knowledge.

You can see a wonderful specimen of calcite here and the unique thing about it is that it shows an enchanting red fluorescence under UV light. Calcite was already a coveted raw material for artists in the past an was also used by the Italian sculptor Michelangelo (1475 - 1564) for the creation of sculptures or other works of art and it is also one of the main components of marble. In particular, it has shaped Carrara marble, which is an important part of art history and often has a proportion of calcium carbonate which is over 90% high and in the past people quickly noticed that you could extract lime from this mineral and this was of great importance for various areas of application. The most important areas of application include the production of medicines, paper, building materials, binders, cosmetics and also for the processing of drinking water it is important. As the main component of limestone, calcite was already of enormous importance among the ancient Egyptians and was part of the creation of entire civilizations or buildings like the well-known pyramids of Giza and also in ancient Greece or Rome it was of great importance. From a symbolic point of view, it is often associated with clarity, harmony or positive energy and it is the most auditory mineral on earth and is also associated with the element fire.

Many thanks for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new about minerals! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens!