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Calcite

Calcite Meaning & Definition
Calcite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Calcite?

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

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See Also | alabaster | calcium carbonate | chalk | Iceland spar | limestone | Mexican onyx | onyx marble | oriental alabaster | spar

Calcite In Webster's Dictionary

\Cal"cite\ (k[a^]l"s[imac]t), n. [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}. Note: 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.

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