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calcite

/ˈkælˌsaɪt/

calcite noun: a very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO₃, found as limestone, chalk and marble.

calcite: a very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO₃, found as limestone, chalk...
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Noun

calcite (countable and uncountable, plural calcites)

  1. A very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO₃, found as limestone, chalk and marble.

calcite meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Thai

calcite in Tamil

கல்சைற்று, சுண்ணாம்புக்கல், படுகச் சுண்ணாம்பு, கால்சைட், கால்சைட்டு, சுண்ணாம்புப்பாறை

calcite in Kannada

ಸುಣ್ಣಕಲ್ಲು ಅದುರು

calcite in Thai

calcium carbonate mineral
แคลไซต์ kɛl-sái

Examples of calcite in a sentence

  • Seep carbonates throughout the geological record share similar petrofabrics, specifically botryoidal cements, yellow calcite, micrite, and micropeloids.
  • Early replacive calcite and late replacive calcite exhibit similar carbon isotope and different oxygen isotope compositions.
  • The more common veinstuffs are calcite, quartz, heavy spar, and fluorspar.

All 11 example sentences with calcite

Forms of calcite

pluralcalcites

Origin of calcite

From Latin calx + -ite.

Words formed from calcite

Questions about calcite

What does calcite mean?
Calcite means a very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO₃, found as limestone, chalk and marble.
What is calcite in Tamil?
Calcite in Tamil is கல்சைற்று, சுண்ணாம்புக்கல், படுகச் சுண்ணாம்பு. See Calcite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is calcite?
Calcite is a noun.
How do you pronounce calcite?
Calcite is pronounced /ˈkælˌsaɪt/.
What is the plural of calcite?
The plural of calcite is calcites.

Words near calcite in the dictionary

  1. calcisols
  2. calcisphere
  3. calcispheres
  4. calcisponge
  5. calcisponges
  6. calcite
  7. calcites
  8. calcitic
  9. calcitization
  10. calcitizations
  11. calcitized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: calcite (page history and authors); calcite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); calcite (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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