Meaning Of The Word Calcite
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Calcite Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Calcite?
calcite in American English
a soft, rhombohedral form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found in marble, limestone, and chalk noun: one of the commonest minerals, calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found in a great variety of crystalline forms: a major constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk; calc-spar calcite in British English noun: a colourless or white mineral (occasionally tinged with impurities), found in sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, in veins, in limestone, and in stalagmites and stalactites. It is used in the manufacture of cement, plaster, paint, glass, and fertilizer. Co |
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