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dol·o·mite

 (dō′lə-mīt′, dŏl′ə-)
n.
1. A white or light-colored mineral, essentially CaMg(CO3)2, used in fertilizer, as a furnace refractory, and as a construction and ceramic material.
2. A magnesia-rich sedimentary rock resembling limestone.
[French, after Déodat de Dolomieu (1750-1801), French geologist.]
dol′o·mit′ic (-mĭt′ĭk) adj.
dol′o·mit′i·za′tion (-mĭt′ĭ-zā′shən) n.
dol′o·mit·ize′ (-mĭ-tīz′) v.
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dolomitization

(ˈdɒləmɪtaɪˌzeɪʃən) or

dolomitisation

n
the process or act of turning into dolomite
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Due to their rhomboidal shape, the empty pores are interpreted to result from the local dissolution of metastable dolomite minerals and, as such, the dissolution process appears to be fundamentally unrelated to the dolomitisation process.
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Dolomitisation improves reservoir quality in parts but production is controlled by natural fractures.
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Fluid migration and rock interactions during dolomitisation of the Dinatian Irish Midlands and Dublin Basin.
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La cimentation, la dissolution et la dolomitisation suppose la circulation de volumes considerables d'eaux souterraines (peu importe le type et ou la salinite, qu'elles soient douces ou hypersalines), mobilises par les gradients hydrauliques ambiants.
Investigations of burial diagenesis in carbonate hydrocarbon reservoir rocks
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