Table 3. Selected Values for Surface Energies and Attachment Energies for Crystalline Calcium Carbonate Polymorphs⁶⁴.

	surface energy (J/m2)	attachment energy (eV)
ikaite	(100) 0.52	(100) −8.19
	(010) 0.37	(010) −5.79
	(001) 0.20	(001) −2.57
mhc	(100) 1.54	(100) −7.82
	(010) 1.21	(010) −6.62
	(001) 0.99	(001) −5.66
vaterite	(100)CO3 1.54	(100)CO3 −91.41
	(110)Ca 0.87	(110)Ca −107.35
	(111)Ca 0.78	(111)Ca −109.70
calcite	(104) 0.51	(104) −8.69
	(100) 0.64	(100) −14.37
	(110) 0.76	(110) −24.58
	(012) 1.56	(012) −100.78