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Definition: Dolomite |
DolomiteNoun1. A kind of sedimentary rock resembling limestone but consisting almost entirely of the mineral dolomite. 2. A light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Dolomite \Dol"o*mite\, noun. [After the French geologist Dolomieu.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | Natural double carbonate of calcium and magnesium. Source: European Union. (references) |
Chemistry | Common rock-forming rhombohedral mineral; part of the magnesium may be replaced by ferrous iron and less frequently by manganese; dolomite is white, colourless, or tinged yellow, brown, pink, or grey; it has perfect rhombohedral cleavage and a pearly to vitreous lustre, effervesces feebly in cold dilute hydrochloric acid, and forms curved, saddlelike crystals; dolomite is found in extensive beds as dolomite rocks, it is a common vein mineral, and is found in serpentinite and other magnesian rocks. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geological | A magnesium-rich carbonate sedimentary rock. Also, a magnesium-rich carbonate mineral (CaMgCO3). (references) |
Mining | A. A trigonal mineral, [CaMg(CO3 )2 ] ; forms saddle-shaped rhombohedra having rhombohedral cleavage; white to pale tints; in large beds as dolostone and dolomitic marble, also in veins and in serpentinite; a source of magnesium and dimension stone. Syn:bitter spar; pearl spar; magnesian spar; rhomb spar. b. The mineral group ankerite, dolomite, kutnohorite, minrecordite, and norsethite. c. A carbonate sedimentary rock consisting of more than 50% to 90% mineral dolomite, depending upon classifier, or having a Ca:Mg ratio in the range 1.5 to 1.7, or having an MgO equivalent of 19.5% to 21.6%, or having a magnesium-carbonate equivalent of 41.0% to 45.4%. Dolomite beds are associated and interbedded with limestone, commonly representing postdepositional replacement of limestone. Syn:dolostone;dolomite rock. (references) |
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Dolomite is a mineral CaMg(CO3)2 consisting of a calcium magnesium carbonate found in crystals and in extensive beds as a compact limestone.
See also: List of minerals
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The chief peaks of the Dolomite Alps of South Tirol, from the Brenner Pass to the Monte Croce Pass, and south of the Pusterthal, are:
Name meters feet Name meters feet Marmolada 3344 10,972
Pala di San Martino 2996 9831
Antelao 3263 10,706
Rosengartenspitze 2981 9781
Tofana di Mezzo 3241 10,633
Marmarole 2961 9715
Sorapiss 3229 10,594
Cima di Fradusta 2941 9649
Monte Civetta 3220 10,564
Fermedathurm 2867 9407
Vernel 3145 10,319
Cima d'Asta 2848 9344
Monte Cristallo 3199 10,496
Cima di Canali 2846 9338
Cima di Vezzana 3191 10,470
Croda Grande 2839 9315
Cimon della Pala 3186 10,453
Vajoletthurm (highest) 2821 9256
Langkofel 3178 10,427
Sass Maor 2816 9239
Pelmo 3169 10,397
Cima di Ball 2783 9131
Dreischusterspitze 3162 10,375
Cima della Madonna (Sass Maor) 2751 9026
Boespitze 3152 10,342
Rosetta 2741 8993
Croda Rossa (Hoher Caisl) 3148 10,329
Croda da Lago 2716 8911
Piz Popena 3143 10,312
Central Grasleitenspitze 2705 8875
Elferkofel 3115 10,220
Schlern 2562 8406
Grohmannspitze 3111 10,207
Sasso di Mur 2554 8380
Zwolferkofel 3091 10,142
Cima delle Dodici 2338 7671
Sass Rigais (Geislerspitzen) 3027 9932
Monte Pavione 2336 7664
Drei Zinnen 3003 9853
Cima di Posta 2235 7333
Kesselkogel (Rosengarten) 3001 9846
Monte Pasubio 2232 7323
Funffingerspitze 2997 9833 The chief passes of the Dolomites of South Tirol, from the Brenner Pass to the Monte Croce Pass, and south of the Pusterthal, are:
Name meters feet Passo d' Ombretta (Campitello to Caprile), foot path 2738 8983
Langhofeljoch (Groden Valley to Campitello), foot path 2683 8803
Tschagerjoch (Karersee to the Vajolet Glen), foot path 2644 8675
Grasleiten Pass (Vniolet Glen to thegrasleiten Glen), foot path 2597 8521
Passo di Pravitale (Rosetta Plateau to the Pravitale Glen), foot path 2580 8465
Passo delle Comelle (same to Cencenighe), foot path 2579 8462
Passo della Rosetta (San Martino di Castrozza to the great limestone Rosetta plateau), foot path 2573 8442
Vajolet Pass (Tiers to the Vajolet Glen), foot path 2549 8363
Passo di Canali (Primiero to Agordo), foot path 2497 8193
Tiersalpljochl (Campitello to'I.iers), foot path 2455 8055
Passo di Ball (San Martino di Castrozza to the Pravitale Glen), foot path 2450 8038
Forcella di Giralba (Sexte11 to Auronzo), foot path 2436 7992
Col dei Bos (Falzarego Glen to the Travernanzes GIen), foot path 2313 7589
Forcella Grande (San Vito to Auronzo), foot path 2262 7422
Pordoi Pass (Caprile to Canipitello), carriage road 2250 7382
Sellajoch (Groden Glen to Camphello), carriage road 2218 7277
Tre Sassi Pass (Cortina to St Cassian), foot path 2199 7215
Mahlknechtjoch (Upper Duron Glen to the Seiser Alp), foot path 2168 7113
Grodenerjoch (Groden Glen to Colfuschg), carriage road 2137 7011
Falzarego Pass (Caprile to Cortina), carriage road 2117 6946
Fedaja Pass (Campitello to Caprile), bridle path 2046 6713
Passo di Valles (Paneveggio to Cencenighe), foot path 2032 6667
Rolle Pass (Predazzo to San Martino di Castrozza and Primiero), carriage road 1984 6509
Forcella Forada (Caprile to San Vito), bridle path 1975 6480
Passo di San Pellegrino (Moena to Cencenighe), small carriage, path 1910 6267
Forcella d'Alleghe (Alleghe to the Zoldo Glen), foot path 1820 5971
Tre Croci Pass (Cortina to Auronzo), carriage road 1808 5932
Karersee or Caressa Pass (WClschenofen to Vigo di Fassa), ???? ????
Ndonte Croce Pass (Innichen and Sexten to the Piave Valley and Belluno), carriage road 1638 5374
Ampezzo Pass (Toblach to Cortina and Belluno), carriage path 1544 5066
Cereda Pass (Primiero to Agordo), bridle path 1372 4501
Toblach Pass (Bruneck to Lienz), railway over 1209 3967
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| dol. | English | Dolomite | Geography, Chemical Industry |
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| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Pimpin' ho's and clockin' a grip like my name was Dolomite (Nuthin But A "G" Thang; performing artist: Dr. Dre) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Il Gigante delle Dolomite (1926) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Black sludge from well, result of drilling soap liguifying organic clay and manganese layers in dolomite soil formationsMeadow Creek stock water wellBurley Field OfficeUSRDUpper Snake River District. Credit: Tim Fuller. |
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| "Dolomites2" by Andrew Millington Commentary: "View of the Dolomite mountains." |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Certain preparations of calcium (e.g., bone meal and dolomite) can have significant contamination with lead and other heavy metals. (references) | |
Economic History | Latvia | Natural resources: peat, limestone, dolomite, gypsum, timber. (references) |
Latvia | Other than peat, dolomite, and limestone, natural resources are scarce. (references) | |
Belarus | Belarus also has deposits of clay, sand, chalk, dolomite, phosphorite, and rock and potassium salt. (references) | |
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| "Dolomite" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.61% of the time. "Dolomite" is used about 59 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.61% | 57 | 44,859 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.69% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.69% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 59 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Dolomite, AL |
Expressions using "dolomite": agglomerated dolomite ♦ dolomite Alps ♦ dolomite limestone. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "dolomite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | dolomit. (various references) | |
Arabic | الدولميت. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | доломит. (various references) | |
Chinese | 白雲石 , 白云岩. (various references) | |
Danish | dolomit, bitterspat (bitter spar, magnesium spar, pearl spar, rhomb spar). (various references) | |
Dutch | dolomiet. (various references) | |
Finnish | dolomiitti (bitter spar, magnesian lime, magnesian limestones, magnesian quick lime, magnesium spar, pearl spar, rhomb spar). (various references) | |
French | dolomie. (various references) | |
German | Dolomit (dol.), Dolo (dol.), Bitterspat (bitter spar, magnesium spar, pearl spar, rhomb spar). (various references) | |
Greek | δολομίτησ λίθοσ, δολομίτης. (various references) | |
Hungarian | dolomit. (various references) | |
Italian | dolomite. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 苦灰石 , 白雲石 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | くかいせき, はくうんせき. (various references) | |
Korean | 백운석. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | olomiteday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | dolomite. (various references) | |
Romanian | dolomitã. (various references) | |
Russian | доломит. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dolomit, vrsta minerala (tiger's eye, tinstone). (various references) | |
Spanish | dolomita (bitter spar, magnesium spar, pearl spar, rhomb spar). (various references) | |
Swedish | dolomit (bitter spar, magnesium spar, pearl spar, rhomb spar). (various references) | |
Turkish | dolomi, kalsiyum ve magnezyumlu taş. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | доломіт. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dolomite": dolomites. (additional references) | |
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"Dolomite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Delamaide, Delemotte, deloite, dolemite, Dolmatov, dolomitan, Dolomiti, dolomitic, kolomikta. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dolomite" (pronounced dō"lumī't) |
| 4 | -u m ī' t | dynamite. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-l-m-o-o-t" | |
-2 letters: doolie, loomed, looted, meloid, milted, moiled, molted, mooted, motile, oolite, toiled, toledo, tooled. | |
-3 letters: demit, limed, looed, looie, model, molto, mooed, motel, oiled, oldie, ootid, teloi, tilde, tiled, timed, toile, toled. | |
-4 letters: deil, deli, delt, demo, diel, diet, dime, diol, dite, doit, dole, dolt, dome, doom, dote, edit, emit, idem, idle, idol, item. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-l-m-o-o-t" | |
+1 letter: dolomites. | |
+2 letters: demolition, dolomitize. | |
+3 letters: automobiled, demolitions, dolomitized, dolomitizes, lobotomised, lobotomized, meteoroidal, moonlighted. | |
+4 letters: demodulation, demonologist, dermatologic, endothelioma, etymologised, etymologized, hemodilution, multicolored, mythologized, timberdoodle. | |
+5 letters: aldosteronism, deformational, demodulations, demolitionist, demonologists, demythologize, dermatologies, dermatologist, emotionalized, endotheliomas, hemodilutions, methodologies, methodologist, metronidazole, sedimentology, timberdoodles. | |
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