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Argillo-calcareous
Argillo-calcareous Ar*gil`lo-cal*ca"re*ous, a.
Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth.
Calcareo-argillaceous
Calcareo-argillaceous Cal*ca"re*o-ar`gil*la"ceous, a.
consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous
earths.
Calcareo-bituminous
Calcareo-bituminous Cal*ca"re*o-bi*tu"mi*nous, a.
Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen. --Lyell.
Calcareo-siliceous
Calcareo-siliceous Cal*ca"re*o-si*li"ceous, a.
Consisting of, or containing calcareous and siliceous earths.
CalcareousCalcareous Cal*ca"re*ous, a. [L. calcarius pertaining to lime.
See Calx.]
Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate;
consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate
of lime.
Calcareous spar. See as Calcite. Calcareous sinterSinter Sin"ter, n. [G. Cf. Cinder.] (Min.)
Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when
hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals.
Calcareous sinter, a loose banded variety of calcite formed
by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa;
travertine.
Ceraunian sinter, fulgurite.
Siliceous sinter, a light cellular or fibrous opal;
especially, geyserite (see Geyserite). It has often a
pearly luster, and is then called pearl sinter. Calcareous sparCalcareous Cal*ca"re*ous, a. [L. calcarius pertaining to lime.
See Calx.]
Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate;
consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate
of lime.
Calcareous spar. See as Calcite. calcareous sparCalcite Cal"cite (k[a^]l"s[imac]t), n. [L. calx, calcis,
lime.] (Min.)
Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral
in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from
aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble.
Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar.
Note: Argentine is a pearly lamellar variety; aphrite is
foliated or chalklike; dogtooth spar, a form in acute
rhombohedral or scalenohedral crystals; calc-sinter and
calc-tufa are lose or porous varieties formed in
caverns or wet grounds from calcareous deposits; agaric
mineral is a soft, white friable variety of similar
origin; stalaclite and stalagmite are varieties formed
from the drillings in caverns. Iceland spar is a
transparent variety, exhibiting the strong double
refraction of the species, and hence is called doubly
refracting spar. calcareous tufaTufa Tu"fa, [It. fufo soft, sandy stone, L. tofus, tophus. Cf.
Tofus, Toph, and Tophin.] (Min.)
(a) A soft or porous stone formed by depositions from water,
usually calcareous; -- called also calcareous tufa.
(b) A friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of
consolidated cinders, or scoria. Calcareousness
Calcareousness Cal*ca"re*ous*ness, n.
Quality of being calcareous.
Corneocalcareous
Corneocalcareous Cor"ne*o*cal*ca"re*ous
(k?rn?-?-k?l-k?"r?-?s), a.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous
materials, as some shells and corals.
2. Horny on one side and calcareous on the other.
hepar sulphuris calcareumHepar He"par, n. [L. hepar, hepatis, the liver, Gr. ?.]
1. (Old Chem.) Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown
color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing
sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium),
and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called
also hepar sulphuris.
2. Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance;
specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also
hepar sulphuris calcareum (?).
Hepar antimonii(Old Chem.), a substance, of a liver-brown
color, obtained by fusing together antimony sulphide with
alkaline sulphides, and consisting of sulphantimonites of
the alkalies; -- called also liver of antimony. Micaceo-calcareous
Micaceo-calcareous Mi*ca`ce*o-cal*ca"re*ous, a. (Geol.)
Partaking of the nature of, or consisting of, mica and lime;
-- applied to a mica schist containing carbonate of lime.
Semicalcareous
Semicalcareous Sem`i*cal*ca"re*ous, a.
Half or partially calcareous; as, a semicalcareous plant.
Silicicalcareous
Silicicalcareous Si*lic`i*cal*ca"re*ous, a.
Consisting of silica and calcareous matter.
Meaning of Calcare from wikipedia
- The
Calcare di Zorzino,
Italian for
Zorzino Limestone is a Late Tri****ic (Norian)
geological formation in
Italy (Cene and Endenna [it]).
Pterosaurs and...
- The
Calcare di
Sogno ("Sogno Limestone"; also
known as the
Sogno Formation) is a
geological formation in Italy,
dated to
roughly between 182-169 million...
- the formation. The
Calcare di
Altamura overlies the
Calcare di Bari,
separated by an
unconformity and is
overlain by the
Calcare di Caranna, separated...
- The
Calcare di Bari (Italian for Bari Limestone) is a
Cretaceous (Valanginian to
early Turonian,
spanning approximately 45
million years)
geologic formation...
- The
Calcare di
Cellina (Italian for
Cellina Limestone, is a
Hauterivian to
Aptian geologic formation in Friulia-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
Fossil sauropod...
- The
Calcare di
Aurisina (Also
known as
Aurisina Formation, “Formazione di Monrupino”,
Trieste Karst Limestone formation, “Repen formation”, “Sežana formation”...
- fish from the Late Tri****ic (Norian). It
contains two
genera from the
Calcare di
Zorzino in Cene,
Italy TINTORI, A.; RENESTO, S. (2020-05-11). "The Macrosemiidae...
- The
Calcares marins à alvéolines is a
geologic formation in France. It
preserves fossils dating back to the
Paleogene period.
Earth sciences portal France...
- from the late
Latin via calciata, a road
stamped firm with the feet (
calcare, to tread)." The word is
comparable in both
meanings with the
French chaussée...
- is
composed of two
separate words. Calca-
drawn from the
Italian verb
calcare,
which means "to
press down" and -mano (IT)
meaning "hand". The idea was...