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Definition of Calcite

1. Noun. A common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone.

Definition of Calcite

1. 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.

Definition of Calcite

1. Noun. (geology) a very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO₃, found as limestone, chalk and marble ¹

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Definition of Calcite

1. a mineral [n -S] : CALCITIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Calcite

1. 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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Literary usage of Calcite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1906)
"of calcite may remain. In some strata the aragonite skeletons have entirely ... The presence of calcite forms does not necessarily imply that they were not ..."

2. Report by Tasmania Dept. of Mines (1902)
"Occasionally the calcite concretions have a definite crystalline outline. Thus, on No. 4 tramway, at the Hercules Mine, there is an exposure of a highly ..."

3. Engineering Geology: By Heinrich Ries and Thomas L. Watson by Heinrich Ries, Thomas Leonard Watson (1914)
"38), which sometimes serve to distinguish it from similar crystals of calcite. As a rock-forming mineral it seldom shows crystal form, but usually occurs ..."

4. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush (1869)
"Brandy Brook, epidote, hornblende, quartz crystals ; Carleton, near Falls, calcite ; Chance Harbor, calcite in quartz veins, chlorite in argillaceous and ..."

5. Fieldiana by Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Natural History Museum, Field Columbian Museum (1895)
"GOLDEN calcite. BAD LANDS, SOUTH DAKOTA. MUSEUM No. M 5904. On breaking open the concretions found in beds of Fort Pierre shale in the region of the Bad ..."

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