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Definition of Dolomite

1. Noun. A kind of sedimentary rock resembling marble or limestone but rich in magnesium carbonate.

2. Noun. A light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer.

Definition of Dolomite

1. n. A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called bitter spar.

Definition of Dolomite

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Dolomites ¹

2. Noun. (minerology) A saline evaporite consisting of a mixed calcium and magnesium carbonate, with the chemical formula CaMg(CO₃)₂; it also exists as the rock dolostone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dolomite

1. a mineral [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dolomite

1. A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called bitter spar. Origin: After the French geologist Dolomieu. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dolomite

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Literary usage of Dolomite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1903)
"New York state museum memoir 5. 1902. pi. 9, fig. 16. Lower Shelby dolomite Near Shelby NYR ... Lower Shelby dolomite Near Shelby NYR ..."

2. Bulletin by Tennessee Division of Geology, Geological Survey, Division of Geology, Tennessee (1913)
"Below both the Tellico and "Rock- wood" occur two widespread formations, the Knox dolomite, of late Cambrian and early Ordovician age, and the Chickamauga ..."

3. Mineral Deposits by Waldemar Lindgren (1913)
"Beds, of dolomite and dolomitic limestone are common in sedimentary deposits. ... dolomite is doubtless deposited by direct precipitation in sea water, ..."

4. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1859)
"Hence, Wissmann infers that the dolomite of the Fassa- thal cannot have originated from limestone, but must have been deposited in the first instance as it ..."

5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"dolomite is much less soluble in water containing carbon dioxide (3 parts in 10000 at 18°) than is calcite. Various micro-chemical tests have been devised ..."

6. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1898)
"dolomite is sometimes found in the very thinnest of layers, from the thickness of ... Then there are large deposits of dolomite occurring in large masses, ..."

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