1. Noun
Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar.
2. Noun
a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone
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