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a mineral so finicky it refuses to form in modern labs but built whole mountain ranges
means A carbonate rock or mineral made of calcium magnesium carbonate, common in mountain ranges and prized in geology and industry.
from Named for the French geologist Déodat de Dolomieu, who described the rock in the late 18th century; the Dolomite mountains of northern Italy were in turn named after the mineral, so the man, the rock, and the peaks all share one borrowed surname.
- the dolomite problem
- geologists can't make it form at room temperature
- named after
- an 18th-century French rock-loving aristocrat
- whole mountains
- the Italian Dolomites are basically one giant slab
- fizz test
- shrugs off acid unlike its cousin limestone
- double life
- part calcium, part magnesium, fully committed
for instance
dolomite peaks italy — unesco world heritage mountain range in northern italy with distinctive pale limestone formations