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‖ calcaire|kalˈkɛːr|
[Fr. (ad. L. calcārius); ‘calcareous’, n. in Geology ‘calcareous stone, limestone’.]
In calcaire grossier and calcaire silicieux (lit. coarse and siliceous limestone) the French names of two Middle Eocene strata of the Paris basin, used by geologists generally.
1833Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 64 The yellowish white building-stone of Paris, well known by the name of Calcaire grossier. 1838― Elem. Geol. (1865) 300 The calcaire siliceux and the calcaire grossier occupy distinct parts of the Paris basin. 1873Dawson Earth & Man x. 247. 1874 Dawkins Cave Hunt. ii. 26 The same may also be said of the calcaire grossier of the basin of Paris. |