dolomite

See also: Dolomite

English

Dolomite

Etymology

From French dolomite, coined March 1792 by Nicolas de Saussure,^[1] named after French mineralogist and engineer Déodat de Dolomieu (1750–1801) who described the stone in 1791^[2] by adding -ite, from place name Dolomieu, Isère.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊl.əˌmaɪt/, /ˈdɒl.əˌmaɪt/

Noun

dolomite (countable and uncountable, plural dolomites)

(mineralogy) A saline evaporite consisting of a mixed calcium and magnesium carbonate, with the chemical formula Ca Mg(C O₃)₂; it also exists as the rock dolostone.
Synonym: magnesian limestone

Derived terms

Translations

mineral

Estonian: dolomiit
Finnish: dolomiitti (fi)
German: Dolomit m
Italian: dolomite (it) f
Macedonian: доломит m (dolomít)

Polish: dolomit (pl) m
Portuguese: dolomita f
Serbo-Croatian: dolomit (sh) m
Spanish: dolomita f

See also

Dolomites

References

↑ Gardien, Guy (2002). "Introduction". Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (in French). Editions Publibook. p. 9. →ISBN.
↑ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Further reading

dolomite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɔ.lɔ.mit/

Noun

dolomite f (plural dolomites)

dolomite

Further reading

“dolomite” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

dolomite f (plural dolomiti)

(mineralogy) dolomite

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