calcite Definition
cal·cite (kal′sīt′)
calcite Usage Examples
Converse of subject
cement: The sandstones have more quartz and glauconite, and are only loosely cemented together by calcite.
Converse of object
- contain: It is harder, denser, and often contains calcite.
- deposit: Water filtering down through the rock has deposited calcite, gypsum, baryte and celestine in the cracks, sometimes as well-formed crystals.
- show: A SEM image of one ash sample ( TES 54 ) shows platy calcite aggregating as lumps ( Fig.
- have: Many questions remain and new ones have arisen: In how many different ways has calcite be used in the construction of visual systems?
Adjective modifier
- white: The best bit being the river of white calcite encountered close to the end.
- pure: Pete climbed up and put his head through the gap and reported a wall of pure white calcite.
- ferroan: In some cases a brown marl is also present, coating the ferroan calcite or directly in contact with the bivalve shell.
- stalagmitic: The dating of stalagmitic calcite therefore provides a valuable method for understanding cave chronologies.
- hard: Bivalve: a group of mollusks with flattened bodies enclosed by a pair shells ( valves ) made of hard calcite.
- more: More calcite than you can shake a very big stick at.
Modifies a noun
- blockage: From here a tiny slot through a calcite blockage looked down into darkness.
- crystal: You can tell calcite crystals from quartz crystals by their shape.
- vein: The stream passage ran on ahead in the line of a calcite vein.
- cement: Cathodoluminescence micrograph of zoned calcite cement in thin section, Pwll y Cwm Oolite, Lower Carboniferous, Baltic Quarry, South Wales.
- marble: All selected calcite marbles have high Sr contents, averaging 2000 ppm.
- formation: A short distance beyond, a group of calcite formations were seen.
Noun used with modifier
- mineral: The lime mud is made of the mineral calcite.
- speleothem: At the laboratory scale, experiments are being undertaken to identify the controls upon sulfate incorporation into speleothem calcite.
- %: The carbonate proportion is 60 % calcite and 40 % dolomite.
Browse dictionary entries near calcite
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- ‹ calcification
- ‹ calcific
- ‹ calciferous
- ‹ calciferol
- ‹ calcicole
- ‹ calcic

