Dolomite mountains: the Cristallo massif in the Italian Alps contains large quantities of dolomite. (Courtesy: kallerna/CC BY-SA 4.0) Dolomite is one of the most abundant carbonate minerals on Earth, ...

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 ...

How does dolomite form? Date: June 7, 2012 Source: Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) Summary: The formation of the mineral dolomite is still puzzling scientists. Researchers have ...

Here we demonstrate a 200% increase in dolomite concentration in living CCA under greenhouse conditions of high pCO 2 (1,225 μatm) and warming (30 °C). Aragonite, in contrast, increases with ...