calcite

cal·cite  (klst)

n.

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

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cal·citic (-stk) adj.

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calcite

Noun

a colourless or white form of calcium carbonate

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calcite  (klst)

A usually white, clear, pale-yellow or blue orthorhombic mineral. Calcite occurs in many different forms and is the main component of chalk, limestone, and marble. It is a polymorph of aragonite. Chemical formula: CaCO₃.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

calcite - a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone Mexican onyx, onyx marble, oriental alabaster, alabaster - a hard compact kind of calcite chalk - a soft whitish calcite Iceland spar - a transparent calcite found in Iceland and used in polarizing microscopes limestone - a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals calcium carbonate - a salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone spar - any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable