Dolomite (mineral) Wikipedia
The mineral dolomite was probably first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1768. In 1791, it was described as a rock by the French naturalist and geologist D#233;odat Gratet de Dolomieu (), first in buildings of the old city of Rome, and later as samples collected in the mountains now known as the Dolomite Alps of northern Italy. NicolasTh#233;odore de Saussure first named the mineral (after