Abstract
Artificial growth of calcite single crystals has been investigated by flux and hydrothermal methods under high pressure conditions. Natural calcite crystal called lceland spar is considered to occur hydrothermally. Recently the authors found that nitrate solutions were effective solvents for the growth of calcite single crystals under low temperature and pressure conditions. In this paper a study on hydrothermal growth of calcite single crystal and dissolution behavior in this solvent would be presented.
