Calcite - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: calciteIceland spar
A transparent variety of calcite the best of which is obtained in Iceland It is used for the prisms of the polariscope because of its strong double refraction Cf Calcite...
Baryto calcite
A mineral of a white or gray color occurring massive or crystallized It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium...
Bergmeal
An earthy substance resembling fine flour It is composed of the shells of infusoria and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten mixed with flour or ground birch bark in times of scarcity This name is also given to a white powdery variety of calcite...
Calcareous
Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate consisting of or containing calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime...
Calciferous
Bearing producing or containing calcite or carbonate of lime...
Calcite
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...
Calc sinter
See under Calcite...
Calc spar
Same as Calcite...
Calc tufa
See under Calcite...
Dimorph
Either one of the two forms of a dimorphous substance as calcite and aragonite are dimorphs...
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