Dolomite, a calcium-magnesium carbonate, plays a crucial role in the global carbon cycle and sedimentary geology. Despite its widespread occurrence in ancient rocks, modern formation processes ...

Now, Joonsoo Kim and Wenhao Sun at the University of Michigan and colleagues in the US and Japan have discovered that dolomite formation involves repeating cycles of supersaturation and ...

In the context of dolomite formation, these isotopic variations provide a window into the intricate interplay between diagenesis, dolomitization and environmental conditions. Recent studies have d ...

A mystery that has dogged materials science for 200 years has finally been solved. A mineral found in many ancient rock formations had stubbornly resisted the efforts of scientists to grow it in ...

The researchers overcame challenges associated with dolomite formation by removing defects in the mineral structure during growth. The breakthrough was made possible by a new theory developed from ...