Dolostone chosen as State Rock of Illinois LISLE, Ill. (CBS) -- It is now official – the chosen rock of the State of Illinois is dolostone. At the Morton Arboretum in Lisle Monday, Gov. JB ...

Lithium isotope compositions in Doushantuo cap dolostone reveal diminished weathering and plume influences, shaping our understanding of ancient Earth dynamics.

A team of scientists led by researchers from Caltech report in this week's issue of the journal Nature that the rocks on which much of a theory on how the "Snowball Earth" ice age ended was based ...

Dolostone was designated the official state rock of Illinois Monday, and is now associated with the above state symbols; the state bird, state tree and state vegetable.

A research team outlines how it identified and bestowed a moniker upon a previously unexplored 500 million-year-old Grand Canyon formation: The Frenchman Mountain Dolostone. The newly named rock ...

House Bill 4261, which sought to designate dolostone as the official state rock of Illinois, was first introduced in January and became a reality Monday, as Pritzker signed it into law.

swCooler than sandstone or limestone, and packing a punch of magnesium, dolostone became Illinois' official state rock Monday thanks to the efforts of junior geologists from the suburbs. Dolostone ...

Letter Published: 25 May 2011 A hydrothermal origin for isotopically anomalous cap dolostone cements from south China Thomas F. Bristow, Magali Bonifacie, Arkadiusz Derkowski, John M. Eiler & John ...

AN important new 10-year water allocation plan for the key Oolloo Dolostone Aquifer has been completed by the Northern Territory Government.

Frenchman mountain dolostone: 500 million-year-old grand canyon rock layer finally gets a name UNLV geologists name ancient rock layer after Las Vegas mountain that contains similar strata ...