dolostone

dolostone
   (not recommended use dolomite)
   An obsolete term proposed for the sedimentary rock called dolomite, in order to avoid confusion with the mineral of the same name.
   Compare: dolomite.
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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