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Webster 1913 Edition
Calcite
Cal′cite
(kăl′sīt)
, Noun.
[L.
calx
, calcis
, lime.] (Min.)
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
. ☞ Argentine is a pearly lamellar variety; aphrite is foliated or chalklike; dogtooth spar, a form in acute rhombohedral or scalenohedral crystals; calc-sinter and calc-tufa are lose or porous varieties formed in caverns or wet grounds from calcareous deposits; agaric mineral is a soft, white friable variety of similar origin; stalaclite and stalagmite are varieties formed from the drillings in caverns. Iceland spar is a transparent variety, exhibiting the strong double refraction of the species, and hence is called doubly refracting spar.
Definition 2024
calcite
calcite
English
Noun
calcite (plural calcites)
- (geology) a very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found as limestone, chalk and marble
Derived terms
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Translations
calcium carbonate mineral
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