Constituent
- Name
- Dolomite
- IMA name
- Dolomite
- Class
- non-silicate mineral
- Compound type
- carbonate
- Comments
- from Vogt et al. (2002)
- Relevance
- impurity
- Arrangement
- single phase
- Mass fraction
- 1.0 0.001
- Formula
- Chemical formula
- CaMg(CO3)2
- Elemental formula
- Ca Mg C2 O6
- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance
- Oxides
-
Formula Mass fraction (%) 30.41 21.86 47.73
Strunz
- Class
- carbonates - nitrates (05)
- Division
- carbonates without additional anions, without H2O (05.A)
- Family
- Alkali-earth (and other M2+) carbonates (05.AB)
- Code
- 05.AB.10
Dana
- Major class
- carbonates, nitrates, borates (V)
- Class
- anhydrous carbonates (14)
- Type
- with compound formula A+B++(CO3)2 (14.02)
- Group
- Dolomite group (Trigonal: R-3) (14.02.01)
- Code
- 14.02.01.01
- Phase type
- crystalline
- Crystal system
- trigonal
- Crystal class
- rhombohedral
- Crystal class symbol
- -3 (S6)
- Crystal spacegroup
- R-3
- Texture
- unknown
- Molar mass
- 184.40
- Density
- 2.8 - 2.9
- Refringence type
- uniaxial
- Refringence sign
- negative
- Birefringence
- 0.179 - 0.181
- Refraction index
- 1.679 - 1.681
- Refraction index
- 1.50
- Color
- white, gray, reddish white, brownish white
- Diaphaneity
- transparent to translucent
- Luster
- vitreous