CalciteWordNet Explorer

any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable

a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals

a hard compact kind of calcite

a soft whitish calcite

a transparent calcite found in Iceland and used in polarizing microscopes

a salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone