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Name: Dolomite
Dol
Specimens in Collection:

#137: Dolomite after Aragonite Ps.
Area 51, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA

#308: Marcasite / Dolomite
Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa, USA

#136: Dolomite / Heulandite
India

#171: Malachite / Dolomite

#633: Calcite / Marcasite / Dolomite
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA

#121: Dolomite var. Cobaltoan
Congo [DRC]

#532: Fluorite / Dolomite
Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Asturias, Spain

#140: Epidote / Dolomite
Atlas Mtns., Morocco

#984: Dolomite ps. after Aragonite
Lovell, Big Horn Co., Wyoming, USA

#120: Dolomite var. Cobaltoan
Congo [DRC]

#1522: Dolomite var. Cobaltoan
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Congo [DRC]
IMA Chemistry: CaMg(CO3)2
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Dolomite contains elements:
Calcium (Ca)
Magnesium (Mg)
Carbon (C)
Oxygen (O)
Country of Type Locality: Italy
Year First Published: 1792
IMA Status: Approved,Grandfathered
Status Notes: Saussure H B (1792) Analyse de la dolomie, Observations sur la Physique, sur l’Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts 40, 161-173
Structural Group Name: Calcite-Dolomite
Fleischer's Group Name: dolomite
Crystal Systems: hexagonal
Oldest Known Age: 4700 Million Years Ago
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