Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Calcite

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Calcite


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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.