dolomite

See also: Dolomite

English

Dolomite

Etymology

From French dolomite, coined March 1792 by Nicolas de Saussure, named after French mineralogist and engineer Déodat de Dolomieu (1750–1801) who described the stone in 1791 by adding -ite, from place name Dolomieu, Isère.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊl.əˌmaɪt/, /ˈdɒl.əˌmaɪt/

Noun

dolomite (countable and uncountable, plural dolomites)

1. (mineralogy) A saline evaporite consisting of a mixed calcium and magnesium carbonate, with the chemical formula CaMg(CO₃)₂; it also exists as the rock dolostone.

   Synonym: magnesian limestone

Derived terms

• dolomite rock
• dolomitic
• dolostone
• Dolomites

Translations

mineral

• Catalan: dolomita f
• Danish: dolomit (da) c
• Estonian: dolomiit
• Finnish: dolomiitti (fi)
• German: Dolomit m
• Greek: δολομίτης (el) m (dolomítis)
• Italian: dolomite (it) f
• Macedonian: доломи́т m (dolomít)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dolomitt m

  Nynorsk: dolomitt m

• Polish: dolomit (pl) m
• Portuguese: dolomita f
• Serbo-Croatian: dolomit (sh) m
• Spanish: dolomita f

See also

• Dolomites

Further reading

• dolomite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.lɔ.mit/

Noun

dolomite f (plural dolomites)

1. dolomite

Further reading

• “dolomite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

dolomite f (plural dolomiti)

1. (mineralogy) dolomite

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