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cal·cite

(kăl′sīt′)

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

cal·cit′ic (-sĭt′ĭk) adj.

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calcitic - of or relating to or containing calcite

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Based on the results obtained in experiment I, fertilization for experiment II contained 280 g of castor cake, 25 g of potassium sulfate, 50 g of reactive natural phosphate, and 8 g of calcitic limestone (RNV 88 and 45% of Ca).

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The soil was corrected using a calcitic limestone in order to reach pH equal to 5.

Agronomic aspects of two Physalis species as a function of Nitrogen fertilization

However, we present the results of a detailed analysis by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis, and electron backscatter diffraction to characterize the calcitic prisms in two different clades within the euheterodont bivalves: the extant Chama arcana and the extinct rudists.

Physiological versus biological control in bivalve calcite prisms: Comparison of euheterodonts and pteriomorphs

B, Thin section under cross polarized light where the calcitic character of the sample is observed.

Strontium isotopes and sedimentology of a marine triassic succession (upper ladinian) of the westernmost Tethys, Spain

For skeletal mineralization, the avian embryo mobilizes calcium from its calcitic eggshell.

ANALYSIS OF THE CHANGES IN ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION OF THE CHICKEN EGGSHELL DURING THE INCUBATION PERIOD

The Malagawatch Formation has not yet been subdivided into members but consists of an assemblage of rock types similar to those of the Blues Brook Formation, including metasiltstone, slate, calcitic and dolomitic marble, calc-silicate rocks, minor quartzite, and mafic metavolcanic rocks (Justino 1991).

Field relations, age, and tectonic setting of metamorphic and plutonic rocks in the Creignish Hills--North Mountain area, southwestern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

Founded in 1946, Cape Lime, consists of activities associated with the mining and processing of Dolomitic and Calcitic Limestone.

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This microfacies is characterized by marine fossils fragments, sub angular to sub rounded grains, moderate to poor sorting and abundant calcitic and ferroginous matrix.

Facies analysis and dynamic depositional modelling of the Upper Permian Chhidru Formation, Salt Range, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan

2) confirmed nearly pure, radiating calcitic tufa morphology indicative of subaqueous formation.

Insights into the late quaternary paleoenvironment of northwestern Arizona

Khormeli F, Abtahi A, Stoops G (2006) Micromorphology of calcitic pedofeatures in highly calcareous soils of Fars province, Southern Iran.