calcite - a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestonechalk - a soft whitish calcite Iceland spar - a transparent calcite found in Iceland and used in polarizing microscopes limestone - a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals calcium carbonate - a salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone spar - any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable |