Dolomite, also known as "dolostone" and "dolomite rock," is a sedimentary rock V. Carbonatos y Nitratos. Hoc simile quartzo durum, distinctum quod cum aqua forti non, nisi post aliquot minuta & fero, effervescens." They are crushed and used as an aggregate in construction projects. No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. They are cut into blocks and slabs for use as a dimension stone. Du Rietz (1935) Geologiska Föeningens I Stockholm. Dolomite behaves like limestone when it is subjected to heat and pressure. 711 págs. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 156, 233-243. Dolomite is commonly found in many European areas, Canada, and Africa. May fluoresce white to pink under UV; triboluminescent.

Calvo, M. and Sevillano, E. (1991) Famous Mineral Localities: The Eugui Quarries, Navarra, Spain. Landesmuseum Joanneum (Graz, Styria) collection; Kolitsch, U. Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 214. [8] Crystal twinning is common.

Calvo, M. (2012): Minerales y Minas de España. Dolomite originates in the same sedimentary environments as limestone - warm, shallow, marine environments where calcium carbonate mud accumulates in Gaines, R.V., Skinner, H.C.W., Foord, E.E., Mason, B., Rosenzweig, A. This page was last edited on 11 October 2020, at 15:55. Showing 24 significant localities out of 11,391 recorded on mindat.org. Arts Sc.

This is why dolomite is often a reservoir rock that is sought in the exploration for oil and natural gas. ? (2000): Mineralium Deposita 35, 672-682.; Dennis C. Arne, L. W. Curtis, S. A. Kissin (1991) Internal zonation in a carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Canada. V. Carbonatos y Nitratos. "The Dolomites" are a mountain range in northeastern Italy and part of the Italian Alps. Reproducible, inorganic low-temperature syntheses of dolomite and magnesite were published for the first time in 1999. Some geologists are uncomfortable using the word "dolomite" for both a mineral and a In agriculture, dolomite is used as a soil conditioner and as a feed additive for livestock. 9 volumes, atlas, and text: vol. In horticulture, dolomite and dolomitic limestone are added to soils and soilless potting mixes as a pH buffer and as a magnesium source. Calcined dolomite is also used as a catalyst for destruction of tar in the gasification of biomass at high temperature. (2001). Dolomite is used in the production of glass and ceramics. Delamétherie, J.C. (1792) New Edition of Mongez’s Sciagraphie (French translation of Bergmann’s Sciagraphia, with additions). Ertisitö, Budapest: 50: 650.

The available magnesium facilitates the conversion of calcite into dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2). If you are looking for an article about the mineral, please go here. Dark or black iron rich (10% of the magnesium site) dolomite found as euhedral crystals embedded in gypsum-rich marls, originally described from Teruel, Aragón, Spain. in either SW or LW UV. Klein, Cornelis and Cornelius S. Hurlbut Jr., "Evidence in the Japan Sea of microdolomite mineralization within gas hydrate microbiomes", "Surface chemistry allows for abiotic precipitation of dolomite at low temperature", "Low-temperature nucleation of magnesite and dolomite", A Review of the Literature on Catalytic Biomass Tar Destruction, Short Sharp Science: Particle quest: Hunting for Italian WIMPs underground, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dolomite_(mineral)&oldid=982988190, Inconsistent wikidata for Commons category, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, White, gray to pink, reddish-white, brownish-white,; colourless in transmitted light. A ferroan variety of Dolomite with up to 10% FeCO3 (Siderite component). Der Steirische Mineralog 31, 50-51. Very slowly dissolved in cold acids. A chemical analysis that determines the relative abundances of calcium and magnesium is needed to accurately name the rocks. Some types fluoresce white, blue white, creamy yellow, etc. Manganese substitutes in the structure also up to about three percent MnO. The mineral dolomite crystallizes in the trigonal-rhombohedral system. : 139: 683. Strobentz (1926) Földtani Közlöny, Budapest (Magyarhone Földtani Torsulat): 55: 49. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. For this reason it is Smythe, Dunham (1947) Mineralogical Magazine: 28: 53. Peterson, M.N.A., Von der Borch, C.C., Bien, G.S. : 17:51; 20:463-464. Solid solution exists between dolomite, the iron-dominant ankerite and the manganese-dominant kutnohorite. Mellor, J.W. Fe-bearing, relatively common variety of dolomite. [17], In addition to being an industrial mineral, dolomite is highly valued by collectors and museums when it forms large, transparent crystals.

Because dolomite can be dissolved by slightly acidic water, areas of dolomite are important as aquifers and contribute to karst terrain formation. [9] Small amounts of iron in the structure give the crystals a yellow to brown tint. : 16: 374. (2012). Conn. Ac. "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 rock known as dolomite, dolostone, or dolomite rock. The term is also used for a sedimentary carbonate rock composed mostly of the mineral dolomite. Geol. Its greater hardness makes it a superior construction material. Alicante

Ca can exist in excess of up to 0.25 apfu in non-stoichiometric dolomite (Nascimento dos Santos et al., 2017). (2016): Cobaltit, Delafossit und Monazit-(Ce) vom Magnesitbergbau Breitenau am Hochlantsch. flux in the production of steel. [10], Modern dolomite formation has been found to occur under anaerobic conditions in supersaturated saline lagoons along the Rio de Janeiro coast of Brazil, namely, Lagoa Vermelha and Brejo do Espinho. Tschermak (1882) Mineralogische und petrographische Mitteilungen, Vienna: 4: 111. Bäckström (1924) Journal of the Chemical Society, London: 125: 430. Boratos. Bocamina, 17, 28-112. These pore spaces can be traps for subsurface fluids like oil and natural gas.