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calcite::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | spar |
| Has types | chalk, iceland spar, alabaster, onyx marble, oriental alabaster, mexican onyx |
| Derivation | calcitic |
Examples of calcite
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Minerals associated with graphite include quartz, calcite, micas and tourmaline.
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Coral atolls are also an important place where dolomitization of calcite occurs.
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Calcite exhibits several twinning types adding to the variety of observed forms.
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The calcite deposits, generations in the making, jutted and pierced the cool air.
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The primary source of the calcite in limestone is most commonly marine organisms.
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Blue-green filaments of cyanobacteria bore into a chip of crystalline calcite.
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They are secreting mucus that is adhered to by the first microcrystals of calcite.
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Perhaps the best known crystal is Iceland spar, transparent calcite crystals.
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The cave has formations known as calcite channels, crystals, columns and draperies.
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- A common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone
- (calcitic) of or relating to or containing calcite
- Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). The other polymorphs are the minerals aragonite and vaterite. Aragonite will change to calcite at 380u2013470u00A0u00B0C, and vaterite is even less stable.
- A crystalline variety of limestone containing not more than 5% magnesium carbonate.
- A common rock-forming mineral: CaCO3. Calcite can be white, colorless, or pale shades of gray, yellow, and blue. It readily effervesces (bubbles) in hydrochloric acid and is the principal component of limestone.
- Light-colored mineral composed of calcium carbonate that often fills veins in igneous rocks and forms the sedimentary rock limestone.
- CaCO3. A common sedimentary mineral that forms by direct precipitation from aqueous solutions or through biological activity. See also the field guide entry for calcite.
- A common rock forming mineral of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), found primarily in limestones but also commonly forming a diagenetic cement in many other rock types and as a gangue mineral in many ore deposits.
- Calcite is a trigonal mineral crystallising in a variety of forms. Very common, it can be found in many different environments - it is the major component of several calcareous sedimentary rocks, such as limestone, chalk and the metamorphic rock marble.
