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But calcium carbonate is an ionic compound, the Ca has given up its two outer shell electrons and has a 2+ charge. The carbonate has a central carbon with the 3 oxygen molecules around, evenly spaced. One of the O's has a double bond with the C, the other have a single bond and 3 paired electron orbitals, each having a negative charge, so in the end the C and each O is surrounded by 8 electrons:

-O:

Ca2+ C::O

-O:

Connect the floating oxygen ions to the carbon and finish the electron pairs around the oxygens.

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