You can find dolomite all over the world. It’s a calcium magnesium carbonate found in the Dolomite Mountains in northern Italy (obviously), but also at Niagara Falls in North America and the White ...

A dolomite sample from the Cambrian Muav formation as seen through a microscope. Multiple generations of mineral-growth can be seen. In the study we used a laser-ablation system to sample specific ...

Dark brownish gray (slight greenish hint) fist-sized rock, with labyrinthian (in relief) pattern on one face : probably a dolomite. When exposed to acetic acid (vinegar, we hadn’t located the HCl ...

The formation of the mineral dolomite is still puzzling scientists. Researchers have now shown that bacteria can facilitate the formation of dolomite. The study has been published online in the ...

Although dolomite is relatively plentiful in rocks older than 100 million years, scientists have been unable to replicate the geologic process in the lab—until now. Using a transmission electron ...