Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing dolomite: said of a limestone when it contains a considerable percentage of carbonate of magnesia, or of dolomite, intermixed with the more or less pure calcareous material of which limestone ordinarily consists.
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- adjective Pertaining to dolomite.
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- adjective geology Of, pertaining to or containing
dolomite
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- adjective relating to or consisting of dolomite
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Examples
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Limestone containing smaller amounts of magnesium carbonate is known as dolomitic limestone.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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“Dead-burned dolomite” is a special form of dolomitic lime used in refractories.
Lime 2008
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After the raw materials (including silica, soda ash, dolomitic limestone) are mixed and melted at 1500oC, the molten glass is allowed to flow as a continuous ribbon into a bath of molten tin.
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This one billion year old formation contains calcitic or dolomitic red and green argillites, siltstones and sandstones and represents a subtidal to intertidal setting with occasional subaerial exposure.
Archive 2008-09-01 ReBecca Foster 2008
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This one billion year old formation contains calcitic or dolomitic red and green argillites, siltstones and sandstones and represents a subtidal to intertidal setting with occasional subaerial exposure.
Glacier National Park Geology & Paleontology: Part 5 - Snowslip & Shepard ReBecca Foster 2008
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Dolomitic drift and meltwater deposits are characteristic and overlie limestone, calcareous shale, and dolomitic mudstone.
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The mountain, Jebel Ichkeul, is composed of Triassic and Jurassic metamorphosed limestones with fossiliferous pseudo-dolomitic marbles exposed in quarries on its south-western slopes.
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The flora of the site is of southern Alpine type with acid-loving plants on the volcanic rhyolitic north slope soils and lime-loving plants on the dolomitic and limestone dominated southern slopes.
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This dolomitic reef complex is overlain by younger undolotomized reef limestone.
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After the raw materials (including silica, soda ash, dolomitic limestone) are mixed and melted at 1500oC, the molten glass is allowed to flow as a continuous ribbon into a bath of molten tin.
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