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calcitic

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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.
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Adj.1.calcitic - of or relating to or containing calcite


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1999) generated a large database of several thousand well-preserved calcitic shells that cover this entire 545 million years time span.
The Dover chalks are an unfortunate choice for comparison because they're composed primarily of the calcitic remains of microscopic marine phytoplankton.
had shown increasing sheet gloss and decreasing print gloss trends as the average particle size decreased when using calcitic precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) pigments with a prismatic morphology.
 
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