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Definition of Calcareousness

Calcareousness
Calcareousness Cal*ca"re*ous*ness, n. Quality of being calcareous.

Meaning of Calcareousness from wikipedia

- Calcareous (/kælˈkɛəriəs/) is an adjective meaning "mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate", in other words, containing lime or being chalky. The...
- The calcareous sponges (class Calcarea) are members of the animal phylum Porifera, the cellular sponges. They are characterized by ****ules made of calcium...
- Calcareous gr****land (or alkaline gr****land) is an ecosystem ****ociated with thin basic soil, such as that on chalk and limestone downland. There are large...
- Lime is an inorganic material composed primarily of calcium oxides and hydroxides. It is also the name for calcium oxide which is used as an industrial...
- Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). It is a very common mineral, particularly as a component of...
- A calcareous glade is a type of ecological community that is found in the central Eastern United States. Calcareous glades occur where bedrock such as...
- Calcareous nannofossils are a class of tiny (less than 30 microns in diameter) microfossils that are similar to coccoliths deposited by the modern-day...
- The Limestone Alps (German: Kalkalpen) are sub-mountain range of the Alps in Central Europe. They are of economic importance, including as a watershed...
- Limestone Alps (German: Nördliche Kalkalpen), also called the Northern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern...
- gypsum – see the variety called "onyx-marble", actually a travertine Calcareous sinter – Freshwater calcium carbonate deposit Calthemite – Secondary calcium...