(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.
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(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.
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(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.