calc-spar

or calc·spar

[ kalk-spahr ]

/ ˈkælkˌspɑr /

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noun

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Origin of calc-spar

1815–25; <Swedish kalkspat calc-spar; t>r by association with spar³; see calc-

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How to use calc-spar in a sentence

These reticul are commonly in the slate of calcspar, crystallized in minute crystals.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
He was examining an especially fine specimen of calcspar, when it fell from his hands and was broken.
Catholic Churchmen in Science|James J. Walsh
The materials employed are sand, sulphate of soda, nitrate of soda, calcspar and in some works carbonate of barium.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1|Various
The limestone at this locality is white and saccharoid, with large rhombohedral crystals of calcspar.
In the Arctic Seas|Francis Leopold McClintock

British Dictionary definitions for calc-spar

calcspar

/ (ˈkælkˌspɑː) /

noun

another name for calcite

Word Origin for calcspar

C19: partial translation of Swedish kalkspat, from kalk lime (ultimately from Latin calx) + spat spar ³

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