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calcareous
adjective
(cal-car-e-ous)
composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk
Synonyms:
chalky
,
Words Related to
calcareous
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chalky
,
limestone
,
lime
,
operculum
,
siliceous
,
argillaceous
,
sedimentary
,
clastic
,
clayey
,
dolomitic
,
coralline
,
pelite
,
limy
,
igneous
,
schistose
,
amphibolite
,
colluvial
,
feldspathic
,
brecciated
,
biotite
,
interbedded
,
hematitic
,
chloritic
,
sericite
,
dacite
,
lateritic
,
foliated
,
porphyritic
,
basaltic
,
pegmatitic
,
albite
,
pyritic
,
epidote
,
alkalic
,
pelitic
,
illite
,
eclogite
,
graphitic
,
pyroxene
,
dacitic
,
ferruginous
,
granitoid
,
lacustrine
,
silicic
,
rhyolitic
,
potassic
,
silicified
,
anorthosite
,
andesite
,
muscovite
,
decalcified
,
fragmental
,
chalcedonic
,
gneissic
,
carbonaceous
,
pyrope
,
dioritic
,
phyllosilicate
,
actinolite
,
olivine
,
calcic
,
micaceous
,
stratiform
,
lithic
,
norite
,
conglomeratic
,
smectite
,
eluvial
,
orogenic
,
recrystallized
,
diopside
,
hypabyssal
,
extrusive
,
kyanite
,
tensional
,
evaporite
,
intercalated
,
detrital
,
ultrabasic
,
palaeozoic
,
argentiferous
,
wollastonite
,
unweathered
,
erosional
,
phlogopite
,
octahedral
,
fuchsite
,
blebby
,
surficial
,
fibrillar
,
stromatolite
,
aluminous
,
domal
,
metasomatic
,
palmate
,
arcuate
,
peridotite
,
punctate
,
syenitic
,
auriferous
,
calcareous
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