calc-spar
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of calc-spar
1815–25; < Swedish kalkspat calc-spar; t > r by association with spar 3; see calc-
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The amygdaloidal masses, contained in the amygdaloid, are either entirely pistacite, or pistacite enclosing calc-spar.
From A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by Tyrrell, J. B.
In addition, lead-bearing veins now and then crop up, the crystals of galena being disseminated through masses of fluor-spar, calc-spar, limestone and clay, which fill fissures between tilted walls of limestone and hard quartzose sandstone.
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri
The external form of the prism may thus be similar to the Hartnack, the calc-spar being replaced by glass.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various
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 Franklin, John
The statement that a crystal of calc-spar consists of carbonate of lime is quite true, if we only mean that, by appropriate processes, it may be resolved into carbonic acid and quicklime.
From The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse by Various
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