Dolomite                    Mineral Group: NITRATES
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Dolomite is known for being pink and having distinctive blades or "saddle-shaped" crystals.

SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Dundas, Ontario, CANADA
“Saddle-shaped” pink crystals cover the gray rock matrix. The pink color is distinctive for this locality. Other crystals with other colors are growing on top of the dolomite crystals.

 


SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Dundas, Ontario, CANADA

SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Manitoulin Island, Ontario, CANADA

 

 

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