Dolomite (mineral)
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Dolomite is an anhydrous carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate, ideally CaMg2. The term is also used for a sedimentary carbonate rock composed mostly of the mineral dolomite. An al
Dolomite (white) on talc
Dolomite and calcite look similar under a microscope, but thin sections can be etched and stained in order to identify the minerals. Photomicrograph of a thin section in cross and plane polarised light: the brighter mineral grains in the picture are dolomite, and the darker grains are calcite.
Cristallo in the Dolomites mountain range near Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The Dolomite Mountains were named after the mineral.
Dolomite (rock)
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Dolomite is a sedimentary carbonate rock that contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite, CaMg2. It occurs widely, often in association with limestone and evaporites, though it is less abundan
Dolomite (mineral)
…calcium magnesium carbonate, ideally CaMg(CO3)2. The term is also used for a sedimentary carbonate rock composed mostly of the mineral dolomite (see Dolomite (rock)). An alternative name sometimes used for the dolomitic rock type is dolostone. As stated by Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure the mineral dolomite was…
Triassic dolomitic rocks from Slovakia
Erosion of dolomite over weaker shale created the Niagara Escarpment
Trilobite fossil preserved as an internal cast in Silurian dolomite from southwestern Ohio, US
Erosion of dolomitic rocks in Mourèze, Hérault, France