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Long-Term Burial: Calcium carbonate mineral precursors, such as calcite, undergo transformation into dolomite after being buried, facilitated by slowly rising temperatures (ranging between 60 to 100 degrees Celsius) underground.—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 Under Earth’s surface temperature and pressure conditions chemical effects hinder the incorporation of magnesium ions into the crystal structure, favoring the formation of pure calcium carbonate like calcite or aragonite.—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 The bedrock of New York elements for the Pace show is quartz, tourmaline and calcite, which have been ground into the pigment.—Kristen Tauer, WWD, 19 Mar. 2025 Named from the Latin word meaning lime, calcium is very common in limestone rocks composed of calcite and dolomite.—David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for calcite
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