calcite
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saɪt noun
one of the commonest minerals, calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , found in a great variety of crystalline forms: a major constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk; calc-spar.
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calcite (ˈkælsaɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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. Composition: calcium carbonate. Formula: CaCO3. Crystal structure: hexagonal (rhombohedral) | |
| calcitic | |
| —adj | |
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Calcite
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Word Origin & History
calcite
1849, from Ger. Calcit, coined by Austrian mineralogist Wilhelm Karl von Hardinger (1795-1871), from L. calx (gen. calcis) "lime" + mineral suffix -ite (Ger. -it).
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| calcite (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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Example sentences
Over thousands of years, a solid, almost perfectly round calcite pearl is formed.
In both cases, the researchers carved out a hiding place in a crystal of the mineral calcite.
Wander among impressive calcite formations erupting from the ground and hanging from the ceiling.
No longer able to hold the dissolved calcite, the drop deposited its tiny mineral load as a crystal of calcite.
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