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calcite

DEFINITIONS OF: calcite

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n a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone

Types:
Mexican onyx, alabaster, onyx marble, oriental 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
Type of:
spar
any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
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