Dolomite Market Research Reports

Dolomite is a carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate CaMg(CO3)2. The term is also used to explain the sedimentary carbonate rock dolostone.

Dolostone (dolomite rock) is composed predominantly of the mineral dolomite with a stoichiometric ratio of 50% or better content material of magnesium replacing calcium, typically on account of diagenesis. Limestone that is partially replaced by dolomite is referred to as dolomitic limestone, or in outdated U.S. geologic literature as magnesian limestone. Dolomite was first described in 1791 as a rock by the French naturalist and geologist, Deodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750-1801) from exposures in what at the moment are often known as the Dolomite Alps of northern Italy.

Dolomite is used as a decorative stone, a concrete mixture, a source of magnesium oxide and within the Pidgeon process for the production of magnesium. It is an important petroleum reservoir rock, and serves because the host rock for large strata-bound Missis...
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Dolomite is a carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate CaMg(CO3)2. The term is also used to explain the sedimentary carbonate rock dolostone.

Dolostone (dolomite rock) is composed predominantly of the mineral dolomite with a stoichiometric ratio of 50% or better content material of magnesium replacing calcium, typically on account of diagenesis. Limestone that is partially replaced by dolomite is referred to as dolomitic limestone, or in outdated U.S. geologic literature as magnesian limestone. Dolomite was first described in 1791 as a rock by the French naturalist and geologist, Deodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750-1801) from exposures in what at the moment are often known as the Dolomite Alps of northern Italy.

Dolomite is used as a decorative stone, a concrete mixture, a source of magnesium oxide and within the Pidgeon process for the production of magnesium. It is an important petroleum reservoir rock, and serves because the host rock for large strata-bound Mississippi Valley-Kind (MVT) ore deposits of base metals similar to lead, zinc, and copper. Where calcite limestone is rare or too costly, dolomite is usually used in its place as a flux for the smelting of iron and steel. Large quantities of processed dolomite are used in the manufacturing of float glass. In horticulture; dolomite and dolomitic limestone are added to soils and soilless potting mixes to decrease their acidity and as a magnesium source. Home and container gardening are widespread examples of this use.


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