Dolomite is a rhombohedral carbonate mineral having chemical formula CaMg(CO3)2 (Tucker and Wright, 1990). The process of formation of dolomite is called dolomitization (Tucker and Wright, 1990). Dolomite is dominantly a marine mineral / rock but it can also be formed in continental environments e.g., karst and lakes (Baldermann et al., 2020). There can be primary and secondary dolomites but the former one is very rare and most of the dolomites are secondary in origin (Tucker and Wright, 1990). According to Flügel (2010), there are three genetic groups of dolostones i.e. syn-genetic, diagenetic and epi-genetic dolostones. | Dolomite is a rhombohedral carbonate mineral having chemical formula CaMg(CO3)2 (Tucker and Wright, 1990). The process of formation of dolomite is called dolomitization (Tucker and Wright, 1990). Dolomite is dominantly a marine mineral / rock but it can also be formed in continental environments e.g., karst and lakes (Baldermann et al., 2020). There can be primary and secondary dolomites but the former one is very rare and most of the dolomites are secondary in origin (Tucker and Wright, 1990). According to Flügel (2010), there are three genetic groups of dolostones i.e. syn-genetic, diagenetic and epi-genetic dolostones. |