| 释义 |
calcite Min.|ˈkælsaɪt|
[mod. (Haidinger 1845 calcit) f. L. calc-em lime + -ite, q.v.]
The native crystallized rhombohedral anhydrous carbonate of lime (calcium carbonate), which exists in an immense variety of forms: calc-spar, calcareous spar. Taken by Dana as the type of the Calcite Group of anhydrous carbonates. Also attrib.
1849Murchison Siluria App. 547 A change into crystalline calcite. 1874Dawkins Cave Hunt. ii. 64 Lined with glittering crystals of calcite. 1878Bates Centr. Amer. vi. 81 Brown and black blende in quartz and calcite seams. |