i eat a Crystal (Calcite Crystal) … i had an impulse

i had an urge to eat some of this calcite crystal, so i did
it tastes like glass … i don’t know what the effect will be, maybe it’s beneficial, who knows … lol

i’ve ate mono-atomic Gold before, so hey why not try some crystals to eat?

‘experiments have been conducted to use calcite for a cloak of invisibility’ 𓂀
‘ Trilobites, which became extinct a quarter billion years ago, had unique compound eyes that used clear calcite crystals to form the lenses’ 𓂀

‘Calcite is one of the minerals that has been shown to catalyze an important biological reaction, the formose reaction, and may have had a role in the origin of life’ 𓂀

… yeah well i just ate some calcite crystal xD

here is the crystal on one of my Altars atop some Lapis Lazuli from badokshan mines, Mesopotamia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcite

Calcite seas existed in Earth history when the primary inorganic precipitate of calcium carbonate in marine waters was low-magnesium calcite (lmc), as opposed to the aragonite and high-magnesium calcite (hmc) precipitated today. Calcite seas alternated with aragonite seas over the Phanerozoic, being most prominent in the Ordovician and Jurassic. Lineages evolved to use whichever morph of calcium carbonate was favourable in the ocean at the time they became mineralised, and retained this mineralogy for the remainder of their evolutionary history.^[26] Petrographic evidence for these calcite sea conditions consists of calcitic ooids, lmc cements, hardgrounds, and rapid early seafloor aragonite dissolution.^[27] The evolution of marine organisms with calcium carbonate shells may have been affected by the calcite and aragonite sea cycle.^[28]
Calcite is one of the minerals that has been shown to catalyze an important biological reaction, the formose reaction, and may have had a role in the origin of life.^[9] Interaction of its chiral surfaces (see Form) with aspartic acid molecules results in a slight bias in chirality; this is one possible mechanism for the origin of homochirality in living cells.^[29]

Ancient Egyptians carved many items out of calcite, relating it to their goddess Bast, whose name contributed to the term alabaster because of the close association. Many other cultures have used the material for similar carved objects and applications.
A transparent variety of calcite known as Iceland spar may have been used by Vikings for navigating on cloudy days.^[13]
High-grade optical calcite was used in World War II for gun sights, specifically in bomb sights and anti-aircraft weaponry.^[14] Also, experiments have been conducted to use calcite for a cloak of invisibility.^[15]
Microbiologically precipitated calcite has a wide range of applications, such as soil remediation, soil stabilization and concrete repair.
Calcite, obtained from an 80 kg sample of Carrara marble,^[16] is used as the IAEA-603 isotopic standard in mass spectrometry for the calibration of δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C.^[17]
Calcite is a common constituent of sedimentary rocks, limestone in particular, much of which is formed from the shells of dead marine organisms. Approximately 10% of sedimentary rock is limestone. It is the primary mineral in metamorphic marble. It also occurs in deposits from hot springs as a vein mineral; in caverns as stalactites and stalagmites; and in volcanic or mantle-derived rocks such as carbonatites, kimberlites, or rarely in peridotites.
Calcite is often the primary constituent of the shells of marine organisms, e.g., plankton (such as coccoliths and planktic foraminifera), the hard parts of red algae, some sponges, brachiopods, echinoderms, some serpulids, most bryozoa, and parts of the shells of some bivalves (such as oysters and rudists). Calcite is found in spectacular form in the Snowy River Cave of New Mexico as mentioned above, where microorganisms are credited with natural formations. Trilobites, which became extinct a quarter billion years ago, had unique compound eyes that used clear calcite crystals to form the lenses.^[18]
The largest documented single crystal of calcite originated from Iceland, measured 7×7×2 m and 6×6×3 m and weighed about 250 tons.

src: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tutankhamun%27s_Alabaster_Jar.jpg August 1987 Frank Rytell

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