calcite
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkælˌsaɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
calcite (countable and uncountable, plural calcites)
- (mineralogy) A very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found as limestone, chalk and marble.
Coordinate terms
(rock formations formed from calcite)
Derived terms
- barytocalcite
- calcitic
- chlorocalcite
- ferrocalcite
- ferro-calcite
- hydrocalcite
- manganocalcite
- nitrocalcite
- pentahydrocalcite
- plumbocalcite
- silico-borocalcite
Translations
calcium carbonate mineral
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Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Calcite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “calcite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kal.sit/
Audio: (file)
Noun
calcite f (plural calcites)
Further reading
- “calcite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalˈt͡ʃi.te/
- Rhymes: -ite
- Hyphenation: cal‧cì‧te
Noun
calcite f (plural calciti)