dolomite
In mineralogy, white mineral with a rhombohedral structure, calcium magnesium carbonate (CaMg(CO3)2). Dolomites are common in geological successions of all ages and are often formed when limestone is changed by the replacement of the mineral calcite with the mineral dolomite.
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The Dolomite Mountains of northern Italy form a range of the Alps. They are named after the French geologist Déodat Dolomieu (1750–1801).
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A rock face in the Dolomites, a mountain range in northern Italy composed largely of dolomitic sandstone. The jagged edges and rocky screes are the result of atmospheric erosion.
| In sedimentology, type of limestone rock where the calcite content is replaced by the mineral dolomite. Dolomite rock may be white, grey, brown, or reddish in colour, commonly crystalline. It is used as a building material. The region of the Alps known as the Dolomites is a fine example of dolomite formation. |
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