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Allomorph
noun · 78% connection
Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
Anisogamy
noun · 78% connection
(biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
Argentine
noun · 78% connection
A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
Asphaltum
noun · 78% connection
A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
Bicarbonate
noun · 78% connection
A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
Brookite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
Calcareous
adjective · 78% connection
Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
Calciferous
adjective · 78% connection
Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
Calcination
noun · 78% connection
The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
Calcite
noun · 78% connection
Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
Chancroid
noun · 78% connection
A venereal sore, resembling a chancre in its seat and some external characters, but differing from it in being the starting point of a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
Crystallite
noun · 78% connection
A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not ref…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
Dimorphism
noun · 78% connection
Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
Dolomite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
Drummond light
unknown · 78% connection
A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
Feldspath
noun · 78% connection
A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
form
noun · 78% connection
(physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
Gypsum
noun · 78% connection
A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent, c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mineral, identical, composition, calcite, carbonate.
