Name Specific Gravity Smallest RI Largest RI Birefringence Hardness calcite 2.72 1.486 1.658 0.172 3 magnesite 2.98 1.509 1.7 0.17 4 rhodochrosite 3.7 1.597 1.816 0.219 3.7 siderite 3.96 1.635 1.875 0.24 4.3 dolomite 2.86 1.5 1.679 0.179 3.7 aragonite 2.94 1.53 1.685 0.155 3.7 strontianite 3.72 1.518 1.667 0.15 3.5 witherite 4.3 1.529 1.677 . 3.3 cerussite 6.57 1.803 2.076 0.275 3 azurite 3.77 1.73 1.838 0.108 3.7 smithsonite 4.43 1625 1.85 0.227 4.2