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(n.) 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 calc-spar and calcareous spar.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Calcite'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/calcite.html. 1828.
 
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