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cal·cite    Audio Help   [kal-sahyt] Pronunciation Key
–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.
[Origin: 1840–50; calc- + -ite1]

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cal·cit·ic    Audio Help   [kal-sit-ik] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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cal·cite    Audio Help   (kāl'sīt')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   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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calcite

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

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calcite    Audio Help   (kāl'sīt')  Pronunciation Key 
A usually white, clear, pale-yellow or blue orthorhombic mineral. Calcite occurs in many different forms and is the main component of chalk, limestone, and marble. It is a polymorph of aragonite. Chemical formula: CaCO3.

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Main Entry: cal·cite
Pronunciation: 'kal-"sIt
Function: noun
: a mineral CaCO3 consisting of calcium carbonate crystallized in hexagonalform and including common limestone, chalk, and marble —cal·cit·ic /kal-'sit-ik/ adjective

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Calcite

Aph"rite\, n. (Min.) See under Calcite.

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calcite

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