(n.) A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called bitter spar.
Example Sentences:
(1) Assuming that the 14C taken up by the corpuscles was in the form of 14CO3(2-), the ratio of Ca2+ to CO3(2-) accumulation in the corpuscles approximates the ratio of these constituents in dolomite: CaMg(CO3)2.
(2) It also has catered chalets in Italy, such as Chalet Heidi in Arabba , in the Dolomites, catered for the week 3 February for £629pp.
(3) Examples of uroliths that have been uncommonly encountered in dogs include xanthine, dolomite, tetracycline, and sulfonamides.
(4) It is shown that the solubility of dolomites formed by precipitation at ordinary temperatures is such that it allows for the formation of dolomite in tooth enamel during in vivo mineralization.
(5) On the basis of the investigations a complex filter made of silver plated minerals--dolomite and fluorite--has been developed.
(6) Pistorius was born in 1986 in Johannesburg to Sheila and Henke, who works in dolomite mining.
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(8) Liming acid soils with dolomitic lime increases forage Mg by supplying Mg and by raising soil pH.
(9) The following soil applications were made during each of 3 yr: 1) none, 2) dolomitic limestone and 3) fluidized-bed combustion residue (FBCR).
(10) It was the magical bluestone - spotted dolomite, which when newly quarried is dark blue speckled with brilliant white stars of quartz - that made Stonehenge the Lourdes of prehistoric Europe, they believe.
(11) Calcium supplements (calcium phosphate dibasic, oyster shell preparations with and without supplemental magnesium, calcium lactate, calcium carbonate with and without supplemental iron and vitamins, dolomite and chelated calcium with and without chelated magnesium) and nonfat dry milk were the sole sources of calcium in nutritionally adequate diets.
(12) Eight calcitic and three dolomitic limestones were examined for particle size and reactivity with hydrochloric acid at pH 3.5 and 5.5.
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(14) A solid-state chemical model is derived to estimate the solubility of dolomites having different degrees of cation ordering.
(15) In study 1, weanling male rats were fed either nonfat dry milk or CaHPO4, dolomite or a calcium chelate with supplemental lactose or sucrose for 27 d. In study 2, weanling male rats were fed diets based on milk or lactose-hydrolyzed milk for 28 d or in one meal labeled with 45Ca.
(16) • icekart.at , from £10 a session Book it: Iglu Ski has four nights half-board in Saalbach from £477, including flights and transfers Hot-air ballooning, Italian Dolomites Facebook Twitter Pinterest The picturesque Dolomites are at their most stunning when covered in snow and viewed from the basket of a floating hot-air balloon.
(17) Quartz, calcite, feldspar, smectite, inter-stratified phases, kaolinite, amphibole, muscovite and dolomite are other contaminating minerals.
(18) Bronchoscopic examination may reveal white gelatinous material in the bronchial lumen, mucosal ulcerations, polypoid inflammation, scattered green-blue pigmented areas and narrowed bronchi with post-stenotic dilatation, some of which resemble colored dolomite caves.
(19) • Find it on Google Maps 4 Pozze Smeraldine, Dolomites Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Michele Tameni In the Dolomiti Friulane natural park , down in the Cellina valley on the way to the village of Barci are many wild, unspoilt pools and gorges.
(20) • Find it on Google Maps 2 Spiaggia Giamaica, Lombardy Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Michele Tameni In this region of great lakes, the Dolomites, and stunning green valleys, the landscape is perfect for trekking, having fun in the sun, or a dip in the water.
Limestone
Definition:
(n.) A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called magnesian or dolomitic limestone. Crystalline limestone is called marble.
Example Sentences:
(1) Another pint of Guinness That evening we set out again, this time to O'Donoghue's in Fanore, a blue-painted stone pub set on the thin shelf of land between the sea and the great limestone mountain that is called the Burren.
(2) Using Koufonissi as a base, there are daily excursions by caique and ferry to nearby islands, including Iraklia, where walkers can follow a pilgrims' trail across the high lands to spectacular St John's Cave, carved into a limestone cliff.
(3) Bacterial counts did not differ between sand and crushed limestone.
(4) Earlier this year, a century-old wasteland of limestone and red dirt in south-west Nigeria was transformed into the biggest cement plant in Africa.
(5) Built on a scrubby ridge of limestone pavement, the houses of Khirbet Susiya are closely overlooked by a neighbouring Israeli settlement built on land expropriated from the villagers – illegal under international law – and, unlike the Palestinian village, connected to public services.
(6) Effects were evaluated of high dietary levels of magnesium oxide (MgO) or limestone on DM, OM and CP digestibility, N balance and intestinal absorption of amino acids by lambs fed a high concentrate diet.
(7) FIVE MORE FRENCH COASTAL GEMS Marseille grotto Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy A 40-minute walk from Marseille’s Luminy university campus, Calanque de Sugiton, the most picturesque of the city’s rugged, limestone coves has blue-green waters, twisted pine trees and a narrow island-rock to swim out to known as Le Torpilleur.
(8) Limestone supplied supplemental Ca and treatment P levels were supplied by monosodium phosphate.
(9) Off the south-west coast of Ibiza stands Es Vedrà, a 400m-high limestone rock which legend suggests was the island of the Sirens who lured sailors to their deaths in Homer's Odyssey.
(10) Diets containing 25:75 corn silage to concentrates and .95% calcium from either coarse or fine limestone were fed to rumen-fistulated heifers.
(11) Treatments included control diet alone or control diet with the addition of 1.60% defluorinated rock phosphate-medium (DRP-M, 77% greater than 150 mu but less than 1,180 mu), 1.60% defluorinated rock phosphate-coarse (DRP-C, 85% greater than 850 mu but less than 1,700 mu), 1.28% limestone (92% greater than 150 mu but less than 850 mu) or .50% MgO, (81% greater than 250 mu but less than 1,180 mu), as an as-fed basis.
(12) The in vivo Ca solubilization in hens was determined by subtracting Ca recovered as limestone in the excreta (by repeated washing) from Ca fed as limestone.
(13) Detail from a Mayan limestone relief of a blood-letting ritual.
(14) Milk, flavor score was acceptable but tended to be lower for milk from cows fed sunflower seeds with additional limestone (8.4, 8.5, and 7.9).
(15) Target Field, a $545m limestone-encased jewel that opened in 2010, produced an All-Star cycle just eight batters in, with hitters showing off flashy neon-bright spikes and fielders wearing All-Star caps with special designs for the first time.
(16) A highly reactive limestone was selected for use in two digestion trials with Holstein steers.
(17) The Florida resort lies less than 10 feet above sea level; an increasing number of tropical storms are inundating the city; and it is built on a dome of porous limestone which is absorbing the rising seawater.
(18) Stand on the limestone pavement near Long Churn Cave in the Yorkshire Dales and it feels as if you are standing on top of time itself.
(19) Approximately 14 days after exploring a limestone cave in northcentral Florida in February 1973, an 18-year-old female developed a respiratory illness with pronounced shortness of breath and cyanosis.
(20) There's limestone and sandstone to the north, but Aswan's bedrock is hornblende granite.