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Calcite vs Stishovite - What's the difference?

calcite | stishovite |

As nouns the difference between calcite and stishovite

is that calcite is (geology) a very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, caco3, found as limestone, chalk and marble while stishovite is (mineralogy) a fine-grained mineral, of sio2, that is a polymorphic form of quartz formed under very high pressure.

calcite

English

(wikipedia calcite)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geology) a very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found as limestone, chalk and marble

    • Derived terms

    * ferro-calcite * manganocalcite * plumbocalcite * silico-borocalcite

    stishovite

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia stishovite) (-)
  • (mineralogy) A fine-grained mineral, of SiO2, that is a polymorphic form of quartz formed under very high pressure.

    • Synonyms

    *stipoverite

    See also

    * silica * quartz * silicon dioxide (SiO2)