Although dolomite is relatively plentiful in rocks older than 100 million years, scientists have been unable to replicate the geologic process in the lab—until now. Using a transmission electron ...

The 'Dolomite Problem' Has Baffled Scientists for 2 Centuries—and Now They've Solved It A notorious crystal mystery has suddenly dissolved under the light of new science. By Darren Orf Published ...

Researchers have successfully grown dolomite in the lab, resolving a 200-year-old geological mystery and potentially advancing materials science for semiconductors and other technologies.

After placing a tiny dolomite crystal in a solution of calcium and magnesium, the team gently pulsed the electron beam 4,000 times over two hours, dissolving away the defects.

Dolomite is a mineral so important, there’s a whole mountain range named after it. As well as these peaks in the Italian Alps, dolomite is abundant in the White Cliffs of Dover, the hoodoos of ...

It is the main constituent of marble, dolomite and many types of sediment, and it is also found in the shells of crabs, mussels, snails, sea urchins and in single-celled ... "We also observed that the ...

Mountains formed of dolomite, a calcium magnesium carbonate crystal, abound. And yet researchers have struggled for hundreds of years to form the mineral in a lab at close to ambient conditions.