1) Beautiful stone 2) Calcium mineral 3) Chalk or marble 4) Common mineral 5) Cut mineral 6) Decorative stone 7) Gemstone 8) Gemstone mineral 9) Jewel mineral 10) Jewel 11) Mineral jewel 12) Mineral gemstone 13) Polished mineral 14) Polished jewel 15) Precious jewel 16) Prized stone 17) Precious gem
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1) Chalk 2) Cretaceous
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• (n.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar.
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The commonest calcium carbonate (CaCO3) mineral and the main constituent of limestone, with different crystal forms in the hexagonal-rhombohedral crystal subsystem; dimorphous with aragonite.
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a calcium carbonate
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Calcite. Credit: Mineral Information Institute A crystalline form of calcium carbonate (CaCO
3). Calcite is one of the most common and widespread minerals. It crystallizes in the rhombohedral system, is usually colorless or white, and has a hardness of 3 on the Mho scale. ...
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Calcite is a mineral composed of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3). It exists as two forms, low and high Magnesium (Mg). Only low Mg is stable at the Earth's surface. Calcium Carbonate can also be found as aragonite, which is a polymorph of calcite. Calcite crystals may also show double refraction.
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<microscopy> A doubly refracting mineral used in the manufacture of polarizing prisms. It is uniaxial negative and in the trigonal diversion of the hexagonal system of crystals. Its indexes are epsilon =1.486, omega =1.658, its hardness is 3 on the Mohr scale and specific gravity 2.711. ... See: balsam, Canada. ... (05 Aug 1998) ...
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A common rock-forming mineral consisting of CaCO
3; it may be white, colorless, or pale shades of gray, yellow, and blue; it has perfect rhombohedral cleavage, appears vitreous, and has a hardness of 3 on the Mohs' scale; it effervesces (fizzes) readily in cold dilute hydrochloric acid. It is the principal constituent of limes...
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The main mineral form of calcium carbonate.
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Cal'cite (kăl'sīt)
noun [ Latin
calx ,
calcis , lime.]
(Min.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also
calc-spar and
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A mineral composed of calcium carbonate (CaCO3).
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A common compound (CaCO3) in rock formation and the main component of limestone. Calcite can be many colors and effervesces (bubbles) in hydrochloric acid.
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Mineral formed from calcium carbonate. Common mineral found in limestone.
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Calcite is a common mineral composing such rocks as chalk and marble. It has the formulae CaCO3 and a relative hardness of 3. It effervesces vigorously with HCl. Clear specimens exhibit double refraction. Occurs as widespread sedimentary rock masses such as limestone. Crystalline metamorphosed limestones are called marbles. Argentine is a pearly la...
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Calcium carbonate
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A common crystalline form of natural calcium carbonate, CaCO3, that is the basic constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk. Also called calcspar.
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noun a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone
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A common rock-forming mineral: CaCO
3. 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.
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Colourless, white, or light-coloured common rock-forming mineral, calcium carbonate, CaCO
3. It is the main constituent of limestone and marble and forms many types of invertebrate shell. Calcite often forms stalactites and stalagmites in caves and is also found deposite...
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Calcite is a calcium carbonate and one of the most widely distributed minerals on the Earth's surface. It is a common constituent of sedimentary rocks such as limestone.
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Calcium carbonate (CaCO3 ). It forms a large proportion of limestones.
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The crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3. When pure, it is colourless and transparent, or white. It is a very common and widely distributed mineral in the Earth's crust. Small quanities of magnesium (Mg) are often included. It forms a large proportion of limestones.
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(Calcium Carbonate) < Calcite , which gets its name from `chalix` the Greek word for lime, is a most amazing and yet, most common mineral. It is one of the most common minerals on the face of the Earth, comprising about 4% by weight of the Earth's crust and is formed in many different geological environments....
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A common mineral which fizzes with dilute acid and is the main component of limestone. Chemically known as calcium carbonate.
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