单词 | calcite |
释义 | calciten. Mineralogy. The native crystallized rhombohedral anhydrous carbonate of lime (calcium carbonate), which exists in an immense variety of forms: calc-spar, calcareous spar. Taken by Dana as the type of the Calcite Group of anhydrous carbonates. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > carbonates > [noun] > hexagonal > calcite calcite1849 1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria App. 547 A change into crystalline calcite. 1874 W. B. Dawkins Cave Hunting ii. 64 Lined with glittering crystals of calcite. 1878 H. W. Bates Central Amer. vi. 81 Brown and black blende in quartz and calcite seams. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1849 |
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