calcite
Noun
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A common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate;
A major constituent of limestone (synset 114959889)is a type of: spar - any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavablesubtypes:- alabaster, mexican onyx, onyx marble, oriental alabaster - a hard compact kind of calcite
- chalk - a soft whitish calcite
- iceland spar - a transparent calcite found in Iceland and used in polarizing microscopes
substance holonym: calcium carbonate - a salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestonesubstance meronym: limestone - a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals
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