Dolomite’S Type,Formation And Application In Construction Field
Dolomite is carbonate rocks by using dolomite as main component, containing a small amount of calcite and clay minerals, the main component is calcium magnesium carbonate, and a small amount of silica, iron oxide, alumina and other, similar in appearance to limestone, light gray, white or black. Field identification of dolomite and limestone of practice is usually drops of hydrochloric acid, dolomite is not foaming or weak foam, foaming violent limestone.
Type of Dolomite
syngenetic dolostone: sedimentary diagenesis early or pen contemporaneous micritic dolomite formation composed of dolomite, fabric uniform and compact size, usually less than 0.03 mm, a stable horizon, development fine bedding, rarely contain fossils, no sign of dolomite metasomatism.
Diagenetic dolostone: is in the process of calcium carbonate by magnesium ion metasomatic rock formation. Dolomite is fine grain structure, dolomite is about 0.1 ~ 0.01 mm granular irregular diamond crystal, crystal is muddy like, containing more calcium carbonate enclaves or cloud core structure, one can often see the dolomite metasomatic calcium carbonate granules, biogenic traces, as Yanbai Yunyan often like layers, lenticular output, line is not regular contact with limestone.
Epigenetic dolomite (secondary dolomite): It is consolidated into limestone, followed by magnesium ion replacement dolomite formed. A replacement structure was not uniform, white coarse size, size is differ, developmental euhedral rhomb and band structure. Rock pore, bedding is not obvious, only residual stratification structure and biological and nuclear. Epigenetic dolomite rock mass and surrounding unaffected by dolomitization is abrupt contact.
Cause Of Formation
The origin of dolomite is always a difficult problem. Experiments prove that the theory of dolomite, synthesis of ordered can only be above 200 ℃. In 200 ~ 120 ℃ synthesis are disordered raw dolomite.
Modern sedimentary dolomite has been found in the Caribbean island of Andrews, Florida Bay, the southeast coast of Australia, south of the COORONG Lake Persian Gulf Qatar Abu Zabi beach etc. Modern dolomite sediments in order not to good primary dolomite, formed mainly in 0 ~ 3 meters of the supratidal zone, intertidal zone, or, more than pH>9, than that of normal seawater salinity high 5 ~ 8 times of the salt water. From the thermodynamic equilibrium, it cannot be directly ordered Dolomite Precipitation from seawater, therefore Mr. into calcium carbonate mineral, Mg ion replacement by dolomite formation in solution theory.
Application Of Dolomite
Dolomite used in blast furnace of the solvent in the metallurgical industry, but also can be used as basic materials, also be used for manufacturing magnesium sulfate, calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer production of glass, ceramic raw materials, ingredients, shaping can be used as building materials.