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Things calcite often describes ("calcite ________")
- deposits
- shells
- water
- aragonite
- nodules
- chlorite
- dimensions
- crystals
- quartz
- veins
- inclusions
- matrix
- speleothems
- kinetics
- galena
- replacement
- prisms
- composition
- cementation
- transformation
- concentrations
- ratio
- marbles
- cut
- nucleation
- syenite
- mudstone
- clay
- diopside
- forms
- depth
- veinlets
- limestone
- axes
- mineral
- temper
- breaks
- mud
- group
- equilibrium
- precipitation
- growth
- dissolves
- stringers
- crystallizes
- spar
- content
- ratios
- rock
- vein
- concretions
- twins
- formation
- rocks
- carbonatites
- plate
- grains
- marble
- minerals
- cements
- stratigraphy
- saturation
- twin
- carbonate
- fabric
- dissolution
- precipitates
- streaks
- iron
- pairs
- solution
- deposition
- rates
- veining
- carbon
- fragments
- oxides
- mudstones
- grits
- solubility
- fig
- crystal
- fluorite
- cement
- gangue
- fabrics
- pseudomorphs
- dolomite
- particles
How calcite often is described ("________ calcite")
- translucent
- secondary
- soluble
- original
- grained
- solid
- high
- residual
- powdered
- granular
- dense
- magnesium
- white
- orange
- porous
- clear
- much
- coarsely
- pink
- interstitial
- blocky
- foraminiferal
- abundant
- late
- primary
- recrystallized
- ferroan
- crystal
- colorless
- massive
- drusy
- twinned
- minor
- anhedral
- little
- sparry
- rhombohedral
- luminescent
- yellow
- synthetic
- inorganic
- skeletal
- gray
- biogenic
- stable
- transparent
- low
- bearing
- marine
- optical
- mammillary
- brown
- green
- diagenetic
- cryptocrystalline
- stalagmitic
- bladed
- equant
- fine
- subordinate
- speleothem
- microcrystalline
- fibrous
- pedogenic
- pure
- quartz
- rich
- magnesian
- fossil
- prismatic
- coarse
- blue
- impure
- dark
- crystalline
- precipitate
- scalenohedral
- boro
