Associations to the word «Calcite»

Wiktionary

CALCITE, noun. (geology) a very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found as limestone, chalk and marble

Dictionary definition

CALCITE, noun. A common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope