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calcspar
/ ˈkælkˌspɑː /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of calcspar1
C19: partial translation of Swedish kalkspat, from kalk lime (ultimately from Latin calx ) + spat spar ³
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Example Sentences
These reticul are commonly in the slate of calcspar, crystallized in minute crystals.
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He was examining an especially fine specimen of calcspar, when it fell from his hands and was broken.
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The materials employed are sand, sulphate of soda, nitrate of soda, calcspar and in some works carbonate of barium.
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The limestone at this locality is white and saccharoid, with large rhombohedral crystals of calcspar.
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