• Dolostone - Wikipedia

    Dolostone or dolomite rock is a sedimentary carbonate rock that contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite, CaMg(CO 3) 2. In old USGS publications it was ...

  • Dolomite | GeoKansas

    Stone Corral Dolomite. Photo courtesy William C. Johnson. The mineral dolomite is the main component of the sedimentary rock that is also called dolomite.

  • Dolomite Mineral Data

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  • Dolomite - Wikipedia

    Dolomite ( / ˈ d ɒ l ə m aɪ t /) is an anhydrous carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate, ideally CaMg(CO 3) 2. The term is also used for a ...

  • Dolomite - Minerals Tech

    Dolomite was named for the French mineralogist Deodat de Dolomieu. The mineral dolomite is commonly found in deposits of a sedimentary rock called dolostone.

  • Dolomite | CB Minerals

    Mineral Description. Most minerals have a range of atomic structures with variable amounts of impurities and substitutions. Not so with Dolomite which has an unusual ...

  • Mineral Co | Dolomite

    • Chemistry: CaMg(CO3)2, Calcium Magnesium Carbonate • Class: Carbonates • Group: Dolomite • Uses: in some cement, as a source of magnesium and as mineral ...

  • Dolomite Mineral | Uses and Properties

    Dolomite: A Mineral and a Rock "Dolomite" is a word that is used by geologists in two different ways: 1) as the name of the mineral dolomite; and, 2) as the name of a ...

  • Dolomite | mineral | Britannica

    Dolomite: Dolomite, type of limestone, the carbonate fraction of which is dominated by the mineral dolomite, calcium magnesium carbonate [CaMg(CO3)2]. Along with ...

  • Dolomite Facts - Softschools

    Dolomite is a mineral and a rock that has a unique saddle-shaped crystal. It is made up of calcium magnesium carbonate and most likely exists in sedimentary or ...

  • Dolomite | rock | Britannica

    Limestone is composed mostly of calcium carbonate in the form of the mineral calcite. Dolomite rock consists of calcium magnesium carbonate, the mineral dolomite.