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 ...

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 ...

When minerals form in water, atoms usually deposit neatly onto an edge of the growing crystal surface. However, the growth edge of dolomite consists of alternating rows of calcium and magnesium.

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 ...

“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 ...

“If we understand how dolomite grows in nature, we might learn new strategies to promote the crystal growth of modern technological materials.” Dolomite is usually found in rocks older than 100 ...