| Standard name | Calcarea carbonica |
|---|---|
| Other names | Calcarea ostrearum |
| Standard abbr. | Calc. |
| Other abbr. | Calc. carb. |
| Scientific name | calcium carbonate (impure) |
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| Substance description | Triturations of the pure white middle layer of the oyster-shell. Precipitated carbonate of lime from a solution of chalk in hydrochloric acid, is triturated with an equal quantity of sugar of milk; twenty parts of this are mixed with one hundred parts of alcohol, and this is termed the tincture. Neither of these preparations consists of pure calcium carbonate. |
| Distinctness | VARIANTS (1. Oyster shell; 2. Carbonate of lime.) |
| Classification | Chemical substance – Mixture |
| Provings mixed with | Calcarea acetica |
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Also see Calcarea ostrearum calcinata, which is also made of oyster shell, but calcined at red heat and slaked (forming mostly calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2).