calc-spar
or calc·spar
Origin of calc-spar
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How to use calc-spar in a sentence
Argentine, a silvery-white slaty variety of calc-spar, containing a little silica with lamin usually undulated.
The minerals composing the veins are either quartz, calc-spar, or sulphate of baryta.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThis mineral is tender, scarcely scratches calc-spar, and breaks easily with a waved conchoidal fracture.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe stone has a gray colour and bituminous smell, and contains much interspersed calc-spar.
Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea | John FranklinIts structure is compact, with little lustre, except from facets of disseminated calc-spar.
Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea | John Franklin
British Dictionary definitions for calcspar
/ (ˈkælkˌspɑː) /
another name for calcite
Origin of calcspar
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