Crossword-Solution: DOLOMITE
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| Dolomite | n. | A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called bitter spar. |
We have 23 clues for the answer “DOLOMITE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Rock similar to limestone | 1 answer |
| Mineral or word with Alps | 1 answer |
| Mineral in marble | 1 answer |
| Mineral after which a range of Italian Alps is named | 1 answer |
| Magnesium limestone. | 1 answer |
| MARBLE, white | 1 answer |
| Italy's ___ Alps | 1 answer |
| Common translucent mineral | 1 answer |
| BITTER spar | 1 answer |
| Alps of winter Olympic games. | 1 answer |
| Rock-forming mineral | 2 answers |
| Marble mineral | 2 answers |
| Limestone variety | 3 answers |
| Rock variety | 7 answers |
| A GRANULAR CRYSTALLINE INTRUSIVE ROCK | 10 answers |
| A GREY OR GREENISH-BLUE MINERAL CONSISTING OF ALUMINUM SILICATE IN CRYSTALLINE FORM | 11 answers |
| Crystalline rock | 12 answers |
| EUROPEAN mountain(s) | 12 answers |
| limestone | 13 answers |
| Crystalline mineral | 14 answers |
| CRYSTAL ___ | 19 answers |
| Alps | 26 answers |
| Marble | 27 answers |
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Sentences with DOLOMITE (5)
Although I have a constitutional aversion to scientific information given by unscientific persons, such as clergymen and men of letters, I must go in that direction far enough to make it clear that the word Dolomite does not describe a kind of fossil, nor a sect of heretics, but a formation of mountains lying between the Alps and the Adriatic.
But one position held out invincibly; this was the Castelletto, a great natural fortress of rock standing out at an angle of the mountain in such a position that it commanded the Italian communications (the Dolomite road) in the valley below, and rendered all their positions uncomfortable and insecure.
Dolomite also exists in large quantities up to an elevation of five thousand feet, but not beyond this height.
The living roots of plants, moreover, as Sachs and others have shown, quickly corrode and leave their impressions on polished slabs of marble, dolomite and phosphate of lime.
There are no minerals except iron, no limestone except dolomite, no other rocks than quartz and gneiss.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chicago Tribune, CrosSynergy, LAT, NY Sun, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 11 times in crossword archives (1956–2007).