calc-spar
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of calc-spar
1815–25; < Swedish kalkspat calc-spar; t > r by association with spar 3; see calc-
Example Sentences
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It is considered by Dr. Feussner to be the most perfect prism capable of being prepared from calc-spar.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various
The stone has a gray colour and bituminous smell, and contains much interspersed calc-spar.
From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by John Franklin
The end surfaces and also the cut carried through the prism are parallel to the principal axis of the calc-spar.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various
He invented a machine for the cutting of crystals from calc-spar.
From History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers by B. F. Blakeslee
The basis, in most of the beds, is calc-spar; but in some small layers it is calcareous sand.
From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by John Franklin
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