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Alabaster
noun · 78% connection
A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
Allomorph
noun · 78% connection
any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound; "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and arag…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
Apatite
noun · 78% connection
a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
Aragonite
noun · 78% connection
a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate; dimorphic with calcite
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
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: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
Barilla
noun · 78% connection
Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
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: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
Bitter spar
noun · 78% connection
a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
Borax
noun · 78% connection
A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
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: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
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: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
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: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
Chalk
noun · 78% connection
A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
Cipolin
noun · 78% connection
A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
Deposit
verb · 78% connection
That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the sili…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
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: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
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: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
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: white, concretionary, calcium, carbonate, hard.
