calcite
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1. a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | spar, |
| definition | : | any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | chalk, |
| definition | : | a soft whitish calcite (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | iceland spar, |
| definition | : | a transparent calcite found in Iceland and used in polarizing microscopes (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | calcium carbonate, |
| definition | : | a salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone (noun.substance) |
| substance meronym | : | limestone, |
| definition | : | a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals (noun.substance) |
| derivation | : | calcitic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or containing calcite (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | calcitic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or containing calcite (adj.pert) |
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