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Noble mountains

2013

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MUSE - The Science Museum
Trento, Italy

“This rock does not melt nor fizz!” exclaimed the surprised geologist De Dolomieu (1750-1801) seeing that the samples collected in Brennero (Fleres Valley) and in Salorno (Bolzano province) - although they were similar the calcite - did not react with the chlorhydric acid. There was the smell of a discovery! He sudden sent the samples to the Swiss chemist De Saussure for a chemical analysis. The result was prompt: CaMg(CO3)2, a new mineral with a new name: dolomite, and the same name was given to the mountains, in memory of the marquis-scientist De Dolomieu.

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  • Title: Noble mountains
  • Date Created: 2013
  • Location: Cornon di Tesero, Val di Fiemme (Trento), Italy
  • Photographer: Matteo De Stefano
  • Object Name: Dolomite
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