DOLOMITE

dōˈləmītˌ, dŏlˈə–. 1 Mineral, calcium magnesium carbonate, CaMg (CO3)2. It is commonly crystalline and is white, gray, brown, or reddish in color with a vitreous to pearly luster. The magnesium is sometimes replaced in part by iron or manganese. 2 Carbonate rock composed chiefly of the mineral dolomite, similar to limestone but somewhat harder and heavier. The rock may be metamorphosed into dolomitic marble. Most dolomites probably originated from the partial replacement of the calcium in limestone by magnesium. Its chief uses are as a building stone, for the manufacture of refractory furnace linings, and as basic magnesium carbonate for pipe coverings. Formations of dolomite are very widespread (occurring in Europe, the United States, Africa, Brazil, and Mexico) and notably in the region of the Alps now called the Dolomites, where the rock was first studied by Dolomieu.

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Grand Canyon Geology
Book by Stanley S. Beus, Michael Morales; Oxford University Press, 2003
Subjects: Geology--Arizona--Grand Canyon
...is noted by tex- tural features in dolomites and mudstones in the middle part of the...of the Bass Limestone is predominantly dolomite with subor- dinate amounts of arkose and sandy dolomite with intercalated shale and argillite...
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South Africa
Book by Monica M. Cole; Dutton, 1961
Subjects: South Africa--Description And Travel
...tough quartzite, the middle, named the Dolomite or Campbell Rand Series, consisting of massive dolomite and the upper, called the Pretoria Series...contemporaneous with the Black Reef and Dolomite Series but are now grouped with the Primitive...
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Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage
Book by Kenneth S. Deffeyes; Princeton University Press, 2001
Subjects: Petroleum Industry And Trade, Petroleum Industry And Trade--Forecasting, Petroleum Reserves, Petroleum Reserves--Forecasting
...Replacement of the original limestone by dolomite has obscured most of the original texture...limestone or calciummagnesium carbonate dolomite . There were numerous coffee-break arguments...Everest. A small part of the reservoir was dolomite, but most of it turned out to be a fecal-pellet...
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Principles of Geology
Book by James Gilluly, Aaron C. Waters, A. O. Woodford, Robert R. Compton; W. H. Fremmil, 1958
Subjects: Geology
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The Ecology of the Cambrian Radiation
Book by Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev, Robert Riding; Columbia University Press, 2001
Subjects: Geology, Stratigraphic--Cambrian, Paleoecology--Cambrian, Paleontology--Cambrian
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Lead in Calcium Supplements
Journal article by Genine M. Scelfo, A. Russell Flegal; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 108, 2000
...derived from natural sources (bonemeal, dolomite, or oyster shell) or was synthesized...antacids, bonemeal, calcium supplements, dolomite, inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry...for nutritional supplements (bonemeal, dolomite, and fossil oyster shells) all contain...
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Destination as Destiny: Amelia B. Edwards's Travel Writing
Journal article by Patricia O'Neill; Frontiers - A Journal of Women's Studies, Vol. 30, 2009
Subjects: A Thousand Miles Up the Nile (Nonfiction work)--Authorship, Adventure travel--Personal narratives, Edwards, Amelia Anne Blanford--Works, Italian Alps--Description and travel, Mountains--Description and travel, Travel in literature--Authorship, Travel literature--Authorship, Travelers--Works
...published a travelogue of her journey to the Dolomite region earlier that year, Edwards was...with the narrative explorations of the Dolomites in Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys...long-contemplated excursion to and exploration of the Dolomites served Edwards as a useful learning experience...
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Development Strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal article by Ganesh P. Pokhariyal; International Journal on World Peace, Vol. 24, 2007
Subjects: Africa--Economic aspects, Economic conditions--Forecasts and trends, Economic development--Forecasts and trends
...potatoes, cassava, tantalite, dolomite, potatoes, sorghum...cattle, camels, limestone, dolomite sheep and goats...bananas, rice, sweet limestone, dolomite, potatoes, sorghum...
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Protecting a Karst Plain in Southwest Illinois - Investigations, Regulations, and Public Education
Journal article by Joan Bade, Philip Moss; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 60, 1998
Subjects: Groundwater--Environmental aspects, Illinois--Environmental aspects, Karst--Environmental aspects, Karsts--Environmental aspects, Sinkholes--Environmental aspects, Water, Underground--Environmental aspects
...Philip Moss Introduction Karst is a type of landscape in which the bedrock is made of soluble materials such as dolomite (calcium and magnesium carbonate) or limestone (calcium carbonate). Through time, rain and soil water draining down through...
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Hemingway's "A Veteran Visits His Old Front": Images and Situations for the Fiction
Journal article by William Adair; American Notes & Queries, Vol. 8, 1995
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism, English Philology, Motion Pictures
...places that briefly had been his old front in the spring of 1918: the village of Schio at the foot of Monte Pasubio in the Dolomite mountains of Northern Italy -- where he had spent less than a month driving ambulances up the mountain; and the battle-wrecked...
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Self-Portrait Exhibit
Magazine article by Spike Dolomite Ward; Arts & Activities, Vol. 137, March 2005
Subjects: Arts education--Methods, Self portraits--Methods, Self-portraits--Methods
Self-Portrait Exhibit. by Spike Dolomite Ward Each spring, when our elementary school holds its...Sharpie markers. Bend tin flaps open to expose portrait. Spike Dolomite Ward is an elementary school art teacher in the San Fernando...
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The Elegant Stone
Magazine article by Parvinder Sethi; World and I, Vol. 15, April 2000
Subjects: Marble sculpture--Analysis, Sand and gravel industry--History, Sand, gravel and stone industry--History, Stone industry--History
...metamorphism of calcite (calcium carbonate) or dolomite (calcium magnesium carbonate). As calcite- and dolomite-rich rocks become buried in the earth...rock composed chiefly of calcite) and dolomite are often encountered in ancient shallow...
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A Taste of Italy: Good Wine, Fresh Ingredients, and a Class That Brings It All Together
Magazine article by Joseph Dumas; Black Enterprise, Vol. 38, August 2007
Subjects: Health clubs, Italy--Description and travel, Specialty restaurants
...Bure, San Pietro in Cariano, nestled in the foothills of the Dolomite Alps. The villa is northwest of historic Verona; and beyond...at Casa di Guiliana, a friend and I drove high up into the Dolomite Alps above Verona. We took in the expansive views of Lake Garda...
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RETURN OF THE BONE EATERS: Biologists Are Helping the Bearded Vulture Come Back to Old Haunts
Magazine article by Martin Forstenzer; International Wildlife, January 2000
Subjects: Italy--Plants and animals, Vultures--Behavior
...FROM A VALLEY in northern Italys Stelvio National Park, Fulvio Genero peered through a spotting scope at the snow-frosted dolomite peaks marking the border with Switzerland. There, at the edge of a crevice high on a sheer rock wall, sat the result of more...
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Rock Slide
Magazine article by Judy Rice; Natural History, Vol. 108, April 1999
Subjects: Death Valley, Drought, Lakes, Photographs
...unruly biology, dominate. But even in such an inanimate Landscape, nature can leave tracks. Dozens of rocks-craggy lumps of dolomite weighing up to seven hundred pounds-are in the process of trekking across one of the lake beds, now known as the Racetrack...
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Motors: Original and Best Triumph Dolomite; CLASSIC CARS
Newspaper article; Birmingham Evening Mail (England), August 26, 2005
...Motors: Original and Best Triumph Dolomite; CLASSIC CARS. Byline: By IAN...TO MOST of us, the name Triumph Dolomite conjures up the sporty little saloon...Seventies, but the real Triumph Dolomite was a product of the early Thirties...
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Dolly's Hidden Talent; It Might Not Look like It, but Alan McCutcheon's Dolomite Sprint Can Leave Some of Today's BMWs Standing, Discovers ANNE BAIN
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), September 22, 2006
Subjects: Communications industry, Telecommunications industry, Telecommunications services industry
...Might Not Look like It, but Alan McCutcheons Dolomite Sprint Can Leave Some of Todays BMWs Standing...thats just the official time for the Triumph Dolomite Sprint. Alan McCutcheons Dolomite Sprint has been uprated so we can round that...
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Quarry Extension Set to Be Approved; More Than 1,300 Letters of Objection
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), October 14, 2008
Subjects: County councils, Dolomite, Limestone, Rocks, Sedimentary, Sedimentary rocks
...grade limestone, known as industrial dolomite, which is supplied to the steel industry. While Lafarge runs the quarry, Steetley Dolomite Ltd (SDL) operates adjacent works which...material, and is the only supplier of dolomite to the UK steel industry. SDL, which...
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At Home This Christmas
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), November 23, 2007
...Fraser Red metal dove pounds 2, Frosty 3 tier cake plate pounds 30, Large dolomite bauble (80mm) stripe pounds 4, Small dolomite bauble (40mm) dot pounds 1, Large dolomite bauble (80mm) dot pounds 1, Red lustre flute pounds 4, Red lustre goblet...
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Five Days above Italy; Hut-to-Hut Dolomites Trek Is Pure Alpine Bliss
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 30, 2005
Five Days above Italy; Hut-to-Hut Dolomites Trek Is Pure Alpine Bliss. Byline...Selva, in the Val Gardena among Italys Dolomites. Selva sits a mile above sea level among...German-speaking Alto Adige, or South Tyrol, and the Dolomite huts have telephones and sometimes e...
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encyclopedia articles on: Dolomite  - 24 results

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Dolomite
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DOLOMITE do l mit , dol . 1 Mineral, calcium magnesium...manganese. 2 Carbonate rock composed chiefly of the mineral dolomite, similar to limestone but somewhat harder and heavier. The rock may be metamorphosed into dolomitic marble. Most dolomites probably originated from the partial replacement of the...
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Marble
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...rock composed wholly or in large part of calcite or dolomite crystals, the crystalline texture being the result of metamorphism...pressure. The term marble is loosely applied to any limestone or dolomite that takes a good polish and is otherwise suitable as a building...
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Dolomites
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DOLOMITES or Dolomite Alps, Alpine group, N Italy, between the Isarco and Piave rivers...hard rock) and for their vivid colors at sunrise and sunset, the Dolomites are ideal for mountain climbing and skiing. Hydroelectricity is produced...
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Artemovsk
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...industrial center of the Donets Basin, it produces metals, mining equipment, glass, bricks, and chemicals. Nearby are salt and dolomite deposits that are utilized in the Donets iron and steel and chemical industries. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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Bessemer Process
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...is made of steel and has a lining of silica and clay or of dolomite. The capacity is from 8 to 30 tons of molten iron; the usual...burns off with a blue flame and the other impurities form slag. Dolomite is used as the converter lining when the phosphorus content...
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