Calcite is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for CALCITE in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a mineral, limestone or Iceland spar
• a white or colourless mineral consisting of calcium carbonate. It is a major constituent of sedimentary rocks such as limestone and is deposited in caves to form stalactites and stalagmites.
• colourless or white form of calcium carbonate
• 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.
• a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone

Words related to CALCITE

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Words that contain CALCITE

calcites12 ophicalcite20 ophicalcites21 chlorocalcite22 chlorocalcites23

How to use CALCITE in a sentence

• The cleavage is of great help in distinguishing calcite from other minerals of similar appearance.
• Calcite when pure, as in the well-known Iceland-spar, is perfectly transparent and colourless.
• In addition to the varieties of calcite noted above, some others, depending on the state of aggregation of the material, are distinguished.
• In the form of stalactites calcite is of extremely common occurrence.
• The modes of occurrence of calcite are very varied.
• Veins and cavities in limestones are usually lined with crystals of calcite.
• Localities at which beautifully crystallized specimens of calcite are found are extremely numerous.

Similar words containing CALC without suffix ite

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