page_title: Dolomite
hierarchical_section_title: Dolomite
caption_attribution_description: English: The upper Hauptdolomit in the Reither Kar, Erlspitz-Group, Karwendel, Austria
context_page_description: Dolomite is the name of a sedimentary carbonate rock and a mineral, both composed of calcium magnesium carbonate CaMg(CO₃)₂
  As a mineral, it is found in crystals. Dolomite rock 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 Dolomite Alps of northern Italy.
context_section_description: Dolomite is the name of a sedimentary carbonate rock and a mineral, both composed of calcium magnesium carbonate CaMg(CO₃)₂ 
  As a mineral, it is found in crystals. 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 Dolomite Alps of northern Italy.
caption: Oberer Hauptdolomit in the Karwendel range, Northern Limestone Alps
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