Meaning | A common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone. |
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Narrower | Iceland spar | A transparent calcite found in Iceland and used in polarizing microscopes |
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alabaster, oriental alabaster, onyx marble, Mexican onyx | A hard compact kind of calcite |
chalk | A soft whitish calcite |
Broader | spar | Any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable |
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Substance of | limestone | A sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals |
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Substances | calcium carbonate | A salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone |
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Spanish | calcita |
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Catalan | calcita |
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Adjectives | calcitic | of or relating to or containing calcite |
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