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calcite

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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.

cal·citic (-stk) adj.

calcite
Noun
a colourless or white form of calcium carbonate

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.
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Noun1.calcitecalcite - 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


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Snowy River formed as loads of calcite from the hollowed cave entered the groundwater.
Some crop managers have long thought that cotton fiber quality and lint yield are adversely affected by the higher magnesium content of dolomite lime (calcium magnesium carbonate) compared with calcite lime (calcium carbonate).
Being a highly organized network of microscopic channels, the magnesium calcite shell of the sea urchin has a configuration similar to that of a photonic crystal.
 
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