Dolomites
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The Dolomites or Pale Mountains are a mountain range in northeastern Italy. They form part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the river Adige in the west to the Piave Valley in the east. T
Tofana massif with Cortina d'Ampezzo in the foreground
The Three Peaks of Lavaredo
Skiers in Cortina in 1903
Punta Penia (3 343 m), the highest point of Marmolada mountain.
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
Dolomites
…the Dolomites (in Italian Museo Geologico delle Dolomiti) is located in Predazzo, Fiemme Valley. The Dolomites take their name from the carbonate rock dolomite. This was named after the 18th-century French mineralogist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750–1801), who was the first to describe the mineral. The prior…
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