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Uncommon card · Nature
Calcite, an Uncommon card
Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 87
- Power
- 163
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Ranked #1,663 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Calcite quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Calcite card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is a very common mineral, particularly as a component of ______.
Answer
limestone. It is a very common mineral, particularly as a component of limestone. From the Calcite article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
English Channel. English Channel 84 · Rocky Mountains 79 · Calcite 76 · The Carnival of the Animals 73 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Rocky Mountains. Rocky Mountains 510,000 · English Channel 340,000 · Calcite 150,000 · Common carp 110,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is a very common mineral, particularly as a component of limestone.
- Calcite defines hardness 3 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness, based on scratch hardness comparison.
- Large calcite crystals are used in optical equipment, and limestone composed mostly of calcite has numerous uses.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Calcite article was read about 150,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 87: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Calcite
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
More Nature cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Calcite in the power ranking, all domains together.
- A cappellaUncommon · Arts · ATK 80 DEF 83
- Amusement parkUncommon · Society · ATK 79 DEF 84
- Bosnian languageUncommon · Society · ATK 77 DEF 86
- Sedimentary rockUncommon · Science · ATK 80 DEF 83
- The Carnival of the AnimalsUncommon · Nature · ATK 73 DEF 90
- AmuletUncommon · Society · ATK 78 DEF 85
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Calcite (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : PaleoNeolitic (montage creator), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
