crystalling calcium carbonate, 1849, from German Calcit, coined by Austrian mineralogist Wilhelm Karl von Hardinger (1795-1871) from Latin calx (genitive calcis) "lime" (see chalk (n.)) + mineral suffix -ite (2) (German -it).
实用例句
1. The prospectors have discovered such minerals as calcite, quartz and asbestos here.
探矿人员在这里发现了方解石 、 石英、石棉等矿藏.来自《简明英汉词典》
2. We can be conviniently studied with reference to a crystal of calcite or Iceland spar.
我们可以很方便地以方解石或冰洲石晶体来进行研究.来自辞典例句
3. At first glance, calcite might be confused with quartz where both are clear, colorless, and " glassy ".