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dolomitize

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do⋅lo⋅mit⋅ize

  [doh-luh-mahy-tahyz, -mi-, dol-uh-]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing. Geology.
to convert (limestone) into dolomite.
Also, especially British, do⋅lo⋅mit⋅ise.

Origin:
1860–65; dolomite + -ize
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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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