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bitter spar
Dolomite Dol"o*mite, n. [After the French geologist Dolomieu.] (Geol. & Min.) A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called bitter spar.
Bitter spar
Bitter spar Bit"ter spar" A common name of dolomite; -- so called because it contains magnesia, the soluble salts of which are bitter. See Dolomite.

Meaning of bitter spar from wikipedia

- of the dolomite-siderite series, to which the terms brown-spar, pearl-spar and bitter-spar have been historically loosely applied. It has been found in...
- Brown spar or brown-spar (German: braunspat): 70  is a trivial, partly obsolete name for at least four carbonate minerals that are relatively similar in...
- general form, mesitine was considered to be a brown spar, which in turn is a variety of bitter spar: 170  (in this case, more often magnesite), colored...
- The South Africa national netball team, also known as the SPAR Proteas, represent Netball South Africa in international netball tournaments, such as the...
- 2025. Retrieved February 8, 2025. Kelly, Kate (January 14, 2025). "Hegseth Spars with Senator Over What He Meant by Slang Term". The New York Times. Archived...
- Moon); and the removal and salvage of wrecks from the Canal (Operation Nimrod Spar). Operation Nimbus Star involved the clearance of naval mines and unexploded...
- around and enhancing an object. Hitch A knot tied to a post, cable, ring, or spar. Lashing A knot used to hold (usually) poles together. Loop A knot used to...
- August 21, 1986 (1986-8-21) Hyui of the Wind challenges Kenshiro to a sparring match, but is outclassed and leaves, wounded. At the capital of the South...
- lightning fast, 6ft 6in heavyweight making his UFC debut on Fight Island who spars with Tyson Fury and trains with Darren Till". talksport.com. "History –...
- experiences of discrimination as a mixed-race ****anese child have left her cold, bitter and vengeful. Forced by her mother to disguise herself as a boy so as not...