How to Use calcite in a Sentence

calcite

noun

• White paint has been around since our prehistoric ancestors used a pigment made from ground calcite to render figures on cave walls.
  — Michelle Brunner, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
• Sea urchins have teeth made of calcite crystal that are strong enough to chew through rocks.
  — Charlotte Hu, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2018
• There was even a section where the guide turned on a blacklight to make the calcite and iron glow for a second.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2019
• Water seeping down the cave walls over the ages left behind calcite crusts.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2021
• Anything under the calcite layer had to be at least as old as what was on the surface.
  — Morgan Meis, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2021
• On the strong side of the tooth, resilient calcite fibers provide a supportive wall.
  — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 18 Sep. 2019
• Just as intriguing as the images themselves, Aubert took a close look at the calcite that had built up on one of the pigs’ legs.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2022
• Other parts of the caves revealed layers of red iron, white calcite and gray manganese.
  — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 20 June 2021
• But before this finding, no type of calcite had been found in any adult insect.
  — National Geographic, 25 Nov. 2020
• The team also found a collection of 22 white calcite crystals.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2021
• Some parts of the underwater cave even preserved the footprints of ancient bears, crusted over in a film of calcite.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 25 Aug. 2017
• Kelemen noticed that when the calcite film was shattered by wind or rain, it was replaced by a new film within 24 hours.
  — Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 July 2021
• This calcite formation looks like strips of the favorite breakfast meat.
  — Mike Morris, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2019
• Since Aubert and his colleagues only dated calcite that formed on top of the art rather than the ochre itself, the paintings themselves might be much older.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2022
• Cordierite proved to be the most accurate sunstone for navigation while the calcite had the worst performance.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 9 Apr. 2018
• The likes of calcite, quartz, and florite in myriad colors have become pieces of decor in hotels, cafes, and retail businesses.
  — Fortune, 31 May 2020
• And finally, there’s a strong difference between the isotopic signature of the graphite carbon and the carbon locked up in calcite in the rocks—even stronger than in the Greenland rocks.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2017
• Large calcite crystals from several kilometers away were found in the cave alongside stone tools.
  — Benjamin Schoville, Quartz, 4 Apr. 2021
• Over time, these skeletal fibers decayed, leaving hollow tubules that filled up with calcite crystals.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2021
• That role was filled by Michael, a boy who could clap erasers like thunderbolts, converting the calcite into cumulonimbus clouds.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 July 2022
• The revitalization of the lake’s distinctive calcite bands during the 1980s is a sign of successful efforts to combat acid rain.
  — Emily Wright, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• The scientists found that about 95 percent of the carbon dioxide was converted into calcite.
  — Henry Fountain, New York Times, 9 June 2016
• As expected, the acid dissolved the calcite, leaving nothing but a weakened black sponge full of micropores.
  — Laura G. Shields, Science | AAAS, 12 Dec. 2017
• They are composed of calcite and Argonite crystals and often appear white, lavender, or mahogany in color.
  — Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
• Scientists were able to study deposits of calcite, a mineral, during the excavation of the cave, nearly 19 miles south of Lisbon.
  — Fox News, 27 Mar. 2020
• Watkins has experience with such bills, having helped designate the honeycomb calcite as Utah’s state stone in 2021.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Jan. 2023
• The slow trickling of water through the rock dissolves calcite and other minerals which reform as stalactites, cave bacon, or other speleothems in the caves below.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 7 Dec. 2021
• In a third cave, located in the far south, curtainlike calcite formations were decorated in shades of scarlet.
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2018
• The lake’s calcite layers became thicker during warm years; pollen grains show how the forest composition shifted to include more heat-loving tree species.
  — Emily Wright, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• During monsoons, acidic water drips down through the limestone, forming calcite-crystal stalactites on the ceiling.
  — Purbita Saha, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024