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Calcite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A common crystalline form of natural calcium carbonate, CaCO3, that is the basic constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk. Also called calcspar.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. a very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found as limestone, chalk and marble

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Native calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime, one of the commonest of minerals.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone

Word Usage

"The calcite is basically floating in solution around the shell, and it deposits on the shell like a forming crystal."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

spar

Variant

calc-spar calcareous spar

Hyponym

onyx marble chalk Iceland spar mexican onyx oriental alabaster alabaster

Form

silico-borocalcite manganocalcite ferro-calcite plumbocalcite

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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