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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of calcite or calcium carbonate: so called from its slaty structure. Also called
slate-spar .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also
slate spar .
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