Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dolomite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dolomite \Dol"o*mite\, n. [After the French geologist Dolomieu.]
(Geol. & Min.)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dolomite
n 1: 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
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