Orange Calcite (Brazil) Meaning, Metaphysical Energy & Geology

An orange sphere sourced from Brazil and offered under labels including Orchid Calcite and Brazilian Sunstone.

Finding: Bulk analysis shows the stone is dominantly calcite: an impure marble formed from metamorphosed limestone. Potassium feldspar, diopside, quartz, muscovite and calcic plagioclase occur as inclusions. It is not the feldspar gem sunstone.

Report: Sample 9239, specimen 10, completed April 20, 2021. Brazil is supplied locality information. The specific laboratory report identifies the submitted sphere, not every piece sold under these labels.

Report images © Soul Body Gems, Alexander Falster and the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum. Please acknowledge all three when referring to these results. Findings apply to the specimen examined.

Understanding the report figures

Use this guide alongside the written findings and the original report transcript. It explains the purpose of each analytical figure and preserves the laboratory’s own figure labels. The interpretations apply to the tested specimen; signals alone do not establish the identity of every similar-looking stone.

Electron microscope image: This view shows small-scale regions selected for analysis. Its brightness contrast helps distinguish regions with different compositions; it is not a photograph of their natural colors. Numbered spots connect this view to the analyses listed in the report.
Laboratory figure caption: Fig. 2: Backscattered electron image of area 1 in sample 10.
Elemental spectrum: The peaks record characteristic X-ray signals from elements in the analyzed spot or area. This is an analysis of that location, not automatically of the entire specimen. Any mineral identification or uncertainty named in the laboratory caption is retained below.
Laboratory figure caption: Fig. 3: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 1 in Fig. 2. (potasssium feldspar)
Elemental spectrum: The peaks record characteristic X-ray signals from elements in the analyzed spot or area. This is an analysis of that location, not automatically of the entire specimen. Any mineral identification or uncertainty named in the laboratory caption is retained below.
Laboratory figure caption: Fig. 4: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 2 in Fig. 2. (diopside)
Elemental spectrum: The peaks record characteristic X-ray signals from elements in the analyzed spot or area. This is an analysis of that location, not automatically of the entire specimen. Any mineral identification or uncertainty named in the laboratory caption is retained below.
Laboratory figure caption: Fig. 5: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 3 in Fig. 2. (quartz)
Electron microscope image: This view shows small-scale regions selected for analysis. Its brightness contrast helps distinguish regions with different compositions; it is not a photograph of their natural colors. Numbered spots connect this view to the analyses listed in the report.
Laboratory figure caption: Fig. 6: Backscattered electron image of area 2 in sample 10.
Elemental spectrum: The peaks record characteristic X-ray signals from elements in the analyzed spot or area. This is an analysis of that location, not automatically of the entire specimen. Any mineral identification or uncertainty named in the laboratory caption is retained below.
Laboratory figure caption: Fig. 7: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 1 in Fig. 36. (muscovite).
Elemental spectrum: The peaks record characteristic X-ray signals from elements in the analyzed spot or area. This is an analysis of that location, not automatically of the entire specimen. Any mineral identification or uncertainty named in the laboratory caption is retained below.
Laboratory figure caption: Fig. 8: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 1 in Fig. 36. (calcic plagioclase).
Element map: This map shows where the named elements occur within the analyzed area. Its colors represent the laboratory’s selected element channels, rather than the specimen’s visible colors. The caption below preserves any color key or distribution noted by the laboratory.
Laboratory figure caption: Fig. 9: X-ray maps. calcium: red, silicon: magnesium dark blue, potassium light blue.

Read the original laboratory report as text

The following text and tables are transcribed from the original laboratory document. Figure captions identify the report images; the laboratory interpretations and limitations are preserved.

Laboratory report 1

Analytical Result Report

Sample id: 9239 (sample 10, orange sphere)

Submitted by: K. Bitner

Date submitted: March 27, 2021.

Date completed: April 20, 2021.

Operating conditions: An AMRAY 1830 SEM operated at 25 kV acceleration potential, 26 mm working distance, 15 degrees sample tilt, coated with 250 Å carbon. Using the X-ray fluorescence attachment with 35kv potental in conjunction with the EDS system.

Fig. 1: Photograph of the specimen #10, 4.5 cm diameter.

Fig. 2: Backscattered electron image of area 1 in sample 10.

Fig. 3: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 1 in Fig. 2. (potasssium feldspar)

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Fig. 4: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 2 in Fig. 2. (diopside)

Fig. 5: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 3 in Fig. 2. (quartz)

Fig. 6: Backscattered electron image of area 2 in sample 10.

Fig. 7: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 1 in Fig. 36. (muscovite).

Fig. 8: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 1 in Fig. 36. (calcic plagioclase).

Fig. 9: X-ray maps. calcium: red, silicon: magnesium dark blue, potassium light blue.

Table 1: Composition of the specimen (in wt. %).

Laboratory data as recorded in the report
Element	Reported value
Calcium	35.14
Silicon	1.45
Aluminum	0.98
Potassium	0.21
Magnesium	0.33
Iron	0.25
Manganese	0.02
Titanium	0.01
Barium	0.04
Strontium	0.08

Summary of findings: This is a very pretty specimen (Fig. 1). Backscattered electron images show several inclusions (Figs.2 and 6): Potassium feldspar (Fig. 3), diopside (Fig. 4), quartz (Fig. 5), muscovite (Fig. 7), and calcic plagioclase (Fig. 8), likely something in the labradorite range of composition. X-ray mapping shows nicely some of the species showing up, the bright green appearing potassium feldspar, quartz grains associated with the diopside for example. The bulk composition (Table 1) clearly shows that it is dominantly calcite. The material is essentially a metamorphic rock, an impure marble, which started out as a limestone with a few clastic grains that in some cases at least in part survived metamorphism like quartz, in other cases they came into being as a result of interaction of the clasts with calcite, as for example diopside. Likely, the original limestone contained some magnesium that then may have ended up in the diopside.

Date: April 20, 2021 Signature