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dolomite (mineralogy)

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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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