Using a transmission electron microscope, scientists “dissolved” defects as they formed on the dolomite crystal, speeding up its growth process. Understanding how these minerals form could ...

“If we understand how dolomite grows in nature, we might learn new strategies to promote the crystal growth of modern technological materials,” said corresponding author Wenhao Sun of the ...

This allowed them to model dolomite crystal growth using the principles of quantum mechanics. As a result of their simulations, the researchers spotted a key step in the dolomite growth process that ...

“If we understand how dolomite grows in nature, we might learn new strategies to promote the crystal growth of modern technological materials,” said corresponding author Wenhao Sun of the ...

The key to finally growing dolomite in the lab lay in eliminating defects in the mineral’s structure as it formed. When minerals develop in water, atoms typically deposit in an orderly fashion on one ...

This discount is shown at checkout, if applicable. Mountains formed of dolomite, a calcium magnesium carbonate crystal, abound. And yet researchers have struggled for hundreds of years to form the ...

The scientists note that when minerals form in water, atoms usually deposit neatly onto the edge of the growing crystal surface. However, the growth edge of dolomite consists of alternating rows ...