Non‐classical crystallization of very high magnesium calcite and magnesite in the Coorong Lakes, Australia

Raudsepp, Maija J.; Wilson, Sasha; Morgan, Bree; Patel, Avni; Johnston, Scott G.; Gagen, Emma J.; Fallon, Stewart J.

doi:10.1111/sed.12991

Non‐classical crystallization of very high magnesium calcite and magnesite in the Coorong Lakes, Australia

The Coorong Lakes, South Australia, are one of the models for unravelling the ‘Dolomite Problem’. Critically, today only a few modern environments remain where large quantities of very high magnesium calcite (VHMC; Ca 0.5 Mg 0.5 CO 3 ; also described as protodolomite or disordered dolomite) and m…