Crossword-Solution: CALCITE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Calcite | 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. |
We have 12 clues for the answer “CALCITE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| #3 on a scale | 1 answer |
| Chalk or marble | 1 answer |
| Limestone mineral | 1 answer |
| Mineral found in cement | 1 answer |
| SATIN spar | 1 answer |
| Stalagmite makeup | 1 answer |
| calcspar | 1 answer |
| rock forming mineral | 1 answer |
| Common mineral | 3 answers |
| A MAJOR CONSTITUENT OF LIMESTONE | 11 answers |
| limestone | 13 answers |
| Marble | 27 answers |
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Sentences with CALCITE (5)
Here we find caverns that for variety and beauty of their calcite formations excel many if not all caverns of the same kind in the world.
ARGILLITE, ARESENIC, ARSENOPYRITE, Barite, CALCITE, CASSITERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, CHALK, CINNABAR, COPPER (native), Corundum, Dolomite, EMERY, FELDSPAR, Flint, GALENITE, GRANITE, GRAPHITE, GYPSUM, HEMATITE, Hornblende, Jasper, LIMONITE, MAGNESITE, MAGNETITE, MALACHITE, Meerschaum, MICA, OBSIDIAN, Orpiment, PYRITE, QUARTZ, Realgar, SAND, SERPENTINE, SIDERITE, SPHALERITE, Talc, ZINCITE Metals and Alloys.
The other salts of lime, including its carbonate or calcite, although often met with, are invariably products of secondary chemical action.
Thus there are exposed to view limestones, whose cracks were filled with calcite (crystallized carbonate of lime), with quartz or other minerals, and sandstones whose grains were well cemented many feet below the surface.
Limestones, however, are metamorphosed by pressure into marble, the grains of carbonate of lime recrystallizing freely to interlocking crystals of calcite.
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Appears in: Chronicle, NYT.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1974–2006).