| 单词 | calcite |
| 释义 | calcite (once / 35925 pages) n WORD FAMILY calcite: calcites USAGE EXAMPLESIt gives the crystal calcite its famous ability to produce double images of objects. Science Magazine(Nov 30, 2016) He became fixated on a striking complex of dark-gray limestone blocks surrounded by whitish calcite, a shattered geometry reminiscent of a Futurist composition. The New Yorker(Nov 06, 2016) What if, for example, an advance mission carried certain types of bacteria known to create calcite when exposed to water? National Geographic(Sep 26, 2016) n a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone Hypo|Hyper Mexican onyx, alabaster, onyx marble, oriental alabaster a hard compact kind of calcite chalka soft whitish calcite Iceland spara transparent calcite found in Iceland and used in polarizing microscopes spar any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable |
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