Kimura’s team placed a dolomite sample in a calcium/magnesium solution and pulsed an electron beam 4,000 times over two hours. The resulting acid effectively dissolved away any defects and ...

Kimura’s team placed a dolomite sample in a calcium/magnesium solution and pulsed an electron beam 4,000 times over two hours. The resulting acid effectively dissolved away any defects and ...

A dolomite sample from the Cambrian Muav formation as seen through a microscope. Multiple generations of mineral-growth can be seen. In the study we used a laser-ablation system to sample specific ...

Next, the researchers placed slivers of dolomite in contact with liquid and used the electron beam from transmission electron microscopy to dissolve the sample. This made a supersaturated solution ...

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 ...