What is Dolomite?
{{For|the mountain range|Dolomites}} [[File:Dolomit, Rumunia; pseudomorfoza po kalcycie.jpg|thumb|Dolomite crystals]] [[File:Oberer Hauptdolomit Reither Kar.JPG|thumb|Oberer Hauptdolomit in the [[Karwendel]] range, Northern Limestone Alps]] '''Dolomite''' is the name of a [[sedimentary]] [[carbonate]] [[Rock (geology)|rock]] and a [[mineral]], both composed of [[calcium]] [[magnesium]] [[carbonate]] [[calcium|Ca]][[magnesium|Mg]]([[carbon|C]][[oxygen|O]]<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> As a mineral, it is found in [[crystal]]s. Dolomite rock (or 'dolostone') is mostly made of the mineral dolomite. [[Limestone]] that is partially replaced by dolomite is referred to as ''dolomitic limestone''. In the old U.S. geologic literature it is called ''magnesian limestone''. Dolomite was first described in 1791 for exposures in the [[Dolomites]] of northern [[Italy]]. [[File:7092 pieskovna Dolinka pri Hradisti pod Vratnom dolomit.JPG|thumb|left|Triassic dolomitic rocks from [[Slovakia]]]] {{-}} {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Carbonate rocks]] [[Category:Minerals]] [[Category:Sedimentary rocks]]