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PRONUNCIATION OF OPHICALCITE

ophicalcite  [ˌɒfɪˈkælsaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OPHICALCITE

noun
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verb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ophicalcite is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OPHICALCITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ophicalcite

Verd antique

Verd antique, or verde antique, is a serpentinite breccia popular since ancient times as a decorative facing stone. It is a dark, dull green, white-mottled serpentine, mixed with calcite, dolomite, or magnesite, which takes a high polish. It is sometimes classed, erroneously, as a variety of marble. It has also been called and marketed as "ophicalcite" or "ophite". Non-brecciated varieties of a very similar serpentinite, sometimes also called "verd antique", have been quarried at Victorville, California; Cardiff, Maryland; and Rochester in Addison County, Vermont.

Definition of ophicalcite in the English dictionary

The definition of ophicalcite in the dictionary is a type of marble containing serpentine and calcite.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OPHICALCITE


analcite
æˈnælsaɪt
anthracite
ˈænθrəˌsaɪt
calcite
ˈkælsaɪt
chlorocalcite
ˌklɔːrəʊˈkælsaɪt
cite
saɪt
dulcite
ˈdʌlsaɪt
excite
ɪkˈsaɪt
eyesight
ˈaɪˌsaɪt
fansite
ˈfænsaɪt
felsite
ˈfɛlsaɪt
foresight
ˈfɔːˌsaɪt
hindsight
ˈhaɪndˌsaɪt
insight
ˈɪnˌsaɪt
on-site
ˌɒnˈsaɪt
out-of-sight
ˌaʊtəvˈsaɪt
oversight
ˈəʊvəˌsaɪt
parasite
ˈpærəˌsaɪt
sight
saɪt
site
saɪt
website
ˈwɛbˌsaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OPHICALCITE

opgefok
ophicleide
ophidian
ophidiarium
ophiolater
ophiolatrous
ophiolatry
ophiolite
ophiolitic
ophiologic
ophiological
ophiologist
ophiology
ophiomorph
ophiomorphic
ophiomorphous
ophiophagous
ophiophilist
Ophir
ophite

WORDS THAT END LIKE OPHICALCITE

benedicite
boracite
brucite
chalcocite
dacite
hydrozincite
incite
kamacite
leucite
lucite
miscite
omphacite
overexcite
phenacite
plebiscite
pollucite
scolecite
sericite
variscite
zincite

Synonyms and antonyms of ophicalcite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ophicalcite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OPHICALCITE

Find out the translation of ophicalcite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ophicalcite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ophicalcite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ophicalcite
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Ophicalcite
570 millions of speakers

English

ophicalcite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ophicalcite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ophicalcite
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ophicalcite
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ophicalcite
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ophicalcite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ophicalcite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ophicalcite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ophicalcite
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ophicalcite
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ophicalcite
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ophicalcite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ophicalcite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ophicalcite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑप्लिकससाइट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ophicalcite
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ophicalcite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ophicalcite
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ophicalcite
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ophicalcite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ΟΦΙΤΑΣΒΕΣΤΙΤΗΣ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ophicalcite
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ophicalcite
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ophicalcite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ophicalcite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OPHICALCITE»

The term «ophicalcite» is barely ever used and occupies the 201.309 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OPHICALCITE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ophicalcite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPHICALCITE»

Discover the use of ophicalcite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ophicalcite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Elements of Engineering Geology
Ophicalcite, Serpentine, and Soapstone In general characters and origin this group of rocks has many points of resemblance, and for convenience may therefore be treated together. It is a series whose members range in mineral composition ...
Heinrich Ries, T.L. Watson
2
United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
... rocks may occur in massive form, but in several areas they show a platy or laminated character. Rock types include marble or crystalline lime— stone, ophicalcite, tremolite schist, and calcsilicate rocks. A feature of note is the high proportion ...
‎1966
3
Geological Survey Professional Paper
The so-called Irish green or Connemara marble from Galway County, Ireland, which has been popular with architects, is also an ophicalcite (Watson, 1916). According to Dana (1892, p. 671) "Any serpentine rock cut into slabs and polished is ...
‎1962
4
Mélanges: Processes of Formation and Societal Significance
the mantle section, such as pillow basalt, chert, and ophicalcite. Deformation fabrics in the longitudinal shear zones and their transitions into serpentinite mélange zones typically reflect a stronger flattening component than the constrictional ...
John Wakabayashi, Yildirim Dilek, 2011
5
A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine
... Z^^Vfa, 718 One-Packet Red Bayberry Powder, ydng mei yi ji sdn MWL, 494 ophicalcite, hud rui shi^M^, Ophicalcitum, 548, 724 Ophicalcite Powder, hud rui shi sdn ZEM^nk, 738 Ophicalcitum, hud rui shi ZE^^Ei □, ophicalcite, 548, 724 ...
Nigel Wiseman, Ye Feng, 1998
6
Tectonics, Magmatism and Metallogeny of Mongolia
22); the following rocks are exposed there: 1) Harzburgite 2) Ophicalcite breccia ( 1–25 m). 3) Jasper-quartzite (0.2–1.5 m), infilling pockets at the top of the ophicalcite. 4) Gravelstone and sandstone (2–2.5 m), containing clasts of serpentinite ...
A.B Dergunov, 2004
7
Engineering geology
Ophicalcite, Serpentine, and SoapstOne In general characters and origin this group of rocks has many points of resemblance, and for convenience may therefore be treated together. It is a series whose members range in mineral composition ...
Heinrich Ries, Thomas L. Watson
8
Geology and Coal Fields of the Lower Matanuska Valley, Alaska
In places the serpentine occurs in small round bodies surrounded by magnetite, as it occurs in ophicalcite surrounded by dolomite. The muscovite is associated with the serpentine and is generally partly altered to serpentine or chlorite.
George Curtis Martin, Frank James Katz, 1912
9
From Rodinia to Pangea: The Lithotectonic Record of the ...
THE RIVIÈRE-DES-PLANTE ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX AND ADJACENT ROCK UNITS The Rivière-des-Plante ultramafic Complex consists of ser- pentinized peridotite, ophicalcite, gabbro, and granitic rocks (Fig. 2). The latter rock type is ...
Richard P. Tollo, 2010
10
World Mining Congress 2003 - Volume
An exploitation room in the Champlong ophicalcite quarry: the space of a removed wedge is visible at the roof. The studied caverns have been: marble quarry of Candoglia (Italy); marble quarry of Corchia (Italy). The multiple voids quarries ...
‎2004

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Ophicalcite [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ophicalcite>. May 2024 ».
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