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    Rhombohedral calcite Scalenohedral calcite Prismatic calcite Prismatic calcite Stalactitic calcite Hexagonal calcite Dodecahedral calcite Bipyramidal calcite Druse...
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    Manganoan calcite or manganocalcite is a variety of calcite rich in manganese, which gives the mineral a pink color. Its chemical formula is (Ca,Mn)CO3...
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    of calcite. Chemically, gypsum is a hydrous sulfate of calcium, whereas calcite is a carbonate of calcium. As types of alabaster, gypsum and calcite have...
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  • Iceland spar (redirect from Optical calcite)
    [ˈsɪlvʏrˌpɛrk], lit. 'silver-rock') and also called optical calcite, is a transparent variety of calcite, or crystallized calcium carbonate, originally brought...
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    A calcite sea is a sea in which low-magnesium calcite is the primary inorganic marine calcium carbonate precipitate. An aragonite sea is the alternate...
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  • Apache Calcite is an open source framework for building databases and data management systems. It includes a SQL parser, an API for building expressions...
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    main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of CaCO3. Limestone forms...
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    Calcite is an extinct town located in Fremont County, Colorado, United States. It served as a company coal mining town for Colorado Fuel & Iron. It is...
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    occurring crystal forms of calcium carbonate (Ca CO3), the others being calcite and vaterite. It is formed by biological and physical processes, including...
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  • is below this depth. Calcite is the least soluble of these carbonates, so the CCD is normally the compensation depth for calcite. The aragonite compensation...
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