Dolomite                    Mineral Group: NITRATES
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Dolomite
  • Dolomite is known for being pink and having distinctive blades or "saddle-shaped" crystals
  • pearly luster
Dolomite   from Lincoln Quarry, Beamsville, Ontario  CANADA
Dolomite   from Lafarge Quarry, Dundas, Ontario  CANADA

 

Dolomite inside Stromatolite "Geode"   from High Falls, Manitoulin Island, Ontario  CANADA
Dolomite   from Hastings Farm, Herkimer, New York  USA
 

Dolomite - “Saddle-shaped” Dolomite Crystals

CaMg(CO3)2   (Calcium magnesium carbonate)

Nitrates, Carbonates, Borates

 

Hastings Farm

Herkimer, New York USA

 
Dog-Tooth Calcite on Pink Dolomite   from Lafarge Frontier Quarry, Lockport, New York  USA

 

 

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