What I really want to know is...
the age of the youngest dolomite here on Earth.
It may not be the most profound or deepest yearning for knowledge, but it is what I want to know right now...
Gazing off into space
2 hours ago
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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Carbonates are not my area of expertise, but my petrology textbook cites examples of Pleistocene dolomitization in Jamaica and I seem to recall (though I can't find a source at the moment) that there are one or two isolated spots where dolomites are being deposited in the current day.
of course you have echidnas...and they look porcupiney but they don't technically count. I'm glad you spotted my error (I'm still embarassed!).
I think a Dolomite was just born last week in Big Stone Gap, W. Va.
I didn't catch the first name, but I think that would be the youngest
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