Calcareous
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Description
Any material that contains or resembles carbonate calcium carbonate. A drop acid will cause a calcareous material to effervesce. Examples are chalk, limestone, dolomite, travertine, and marble.
Synonyms and Related Terms
calcaire (Fr.); calcrio (Port.); calctico (Port.)
Authority
- G.S.Brady, G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971
- Random House, Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998