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Dolomite is a sedimentary rock containing more than 50 percent of the mineral dolomite by weight
From French, from the name of Dolomieu (1750–1801), the French geologist who discovered the rock
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Black, Brown, Green, Grey, Pink, White
Decorative Aggregates, Homes, Interior Decoration
Garden Decoration, Office Buildings
As a Flux in the Production of Steel and Pig Iron, As a Sintering Agent in Steel Industry to process Iron Ore, As Dimension Stone, Cement Manufacture, for Road Aggregate, Making natural cement, Manufacture of Magnesium and Dolomite Refractories, Production of Glass and Ceramics, Serves as an Oil and Gas Reservoir rock
Taken as a Supplement for Calcium or Magnesium
Artifacts, Jewellery, Monuments, Sculpture, Small Figurines
An Oil and Gas Reservoir, As a Feed Additive for Livestock, Gemstone, Metallurgical Flux, Production of Lime, Soil Conditioner, Source of Magnesia (MgO)
Host Rock for Lead, Traps for subsurface fluids like Oil and Natural Gas., Zinc and Copper Deposits
Dolomite rocks are originally deposited as calcite or aragonite rich limestone, but during diagenesis process, the calcite or aragonite is transformed into dolomite.
Clay Minerals, Pyrite, Quartz, Sulfides
NaCl, CaO, Carbon Dioxide, Magnesium Carbonate, MgO
Burial Metamorphism, Cataclastic Metamorphism, Contact Metamorphism
Medium to Fine Coarse Grained
Transparent to Translucent
Heat Resistant, Pressure Resistant, Wear Resistant
Austria, Italy, Romania, Spain, Switzerland
New South Wales, Queensland, Yorke Peninsula
Variolites are a group of dark green basic igneous rocks which exhibit pale colored spots, or spherules, especially on weathered surfaces, that give them a pockmarked appearance
From Latin varius, speckled, variegated
Glassy, Massive, Porphyritic, Scoriaceous, Vesicular
Black, Brown, Light to Dark Grey
Floor Tiles, Flooring, Homes, Hotels, Kitchens
Garden Decoration, Office Buildings
As Dimension Stone, Cobblestones, Rail Track Ballast, Roadstone
Artifacts, Monuments, Sculpture
Cemetery Markers, Creating Artwork
Has High structural resistance against erosion and climate, Very fine grained rock
Variolites are a group of dark green basic igneous rocks that exhibit pale colored spots on weathered surfaces that give them a pockmarked appearance.
Olivine, Plagioclase, Pyroxene
Aluminium Oxide, CaO, Iron(III) Oxide, FeO, Potassium Oxide, MgO, MnO, Sodium Oxide, Phosphorus Pentoxide, Silicon Dioxide, Titanium Dioxide
Burial Metamorphism, Cataclastic Metamorphism, Contact Metamorphism, Hydrothermal Metamorphism, Impact Metamorphism, Regional Metamorphism
Biological Weathering, Chemical Weathering, Mechanical Weathering
Heat Resistant, Pressure Resistant, Wear Resistant