Wikijunior:The Elements/Stub Template

What does it look, feel, taste, or smell like?
Calcium is a soft gray alkaline metal. We often see it in impure forms and it looks like white powder. In its pure form it smells like oranges. It tastes mostly like chalk, because chalk is mainly made of calcium.

Where did its name come from?
 Did You Know?
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