calc-spar

  • 11Cube spar — spar spar (sp[aum]r), n. [AS. sp[ae]r in sp[ae]rst[=a]n chalkstone; akin to MHG. spar, G. sparkalk plaster.] (Min.) An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was …

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  • 12calcareous spar — Calcite Cal cite (k[a^]l s[imac]t), n. [L. calx, calcis, lime.] (Min.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble.… …

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  • 13calcspar — calc·spar …

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  • 14calcspar — [kalk′spär΄] n. 〚transl. of Ger kalkspar < kalk, lime + spar, SPAR1〛 CALCITE * * * calc·spar or calc spar (kălkʹspär ) n …

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  • 15Calcite — Cal cite (k[a^]l s[imac]t), n. [L. calx, calcis, lime.] (Min.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also …

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  • 16Eilhard Mitscherlich — Infobox Scientist name = Eilhard Mitscherlich |200px image width = 200px caption = Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794 1863) birth date = birth date|1794|1|7|df=y birth place = Neuende, Jever death date = death date and age|1863|8|28|1794|1|7|df=y death&#8230; …

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  • 17calcite — calcitic /kal sit ik/, adj. /kal suyt/, n. one of the commonest minerals, calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found in a great variety of crystalline forms: a major constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk; calc spar. [1840 50; CALC + ITE1] * * * Most&#8230; …

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  • 18calcspar — n. = CALCITE. Etymology: CALC + SPAR(3) * * * ˌspär, ȧ(r noun ( s) Etymology: part translation of Swedish kalkspat, from kalk lime (from Old Swedish kalker, from Middle Low German …

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  • 19Кальцит — [calx, род. пад. calcis известь] м л, CaCO3. Образует изоморфный ряд с MnCO3 и неполные ряды с FeCO3, ZnCO3, CoCO3, MgCO3. Разное.: манганокальцит, спартаит, ферро , цинко , кобальто , плюмбо , барикальцит, неотип, стронцнанокальцит, доломитовый&#8230; …

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  • 20Rene-Just Hauy —     René Just Haüy     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► René Just Haüy     Mineralogist; b. at Saint Just (Oise), 28 Feb., 1743; d. at Paris, 3 June, 1822. His father was a poor weaver and he owed his early education to the monks of the&#8230; …

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