Calcite

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Advantages:

  • Calcium is a very common element
  • Calcium is a nature and health friendly element

Disadvantages:

  • rather low hardness
  • low crystal structure symmetry

Related

There are other calcium carbonate CaCO3 polymorphs including Aragonite.
(TODO: Check how does the crystal structure compare in symmetry)

See: Base materials with high potential