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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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}. | |
