Coupled fluctuations in element release during dolomite dissolution
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Atomic force microscopy has been used to determine more precisely the mechanism of the initial stages of dolomite dissolution. Analysis of outflow solutions initially shows fluctuations of both Ca and Mg release with concentrations of Ca >> Mg. The dolomite surface dissolves congruently in the presence of slightly acidified water as confirmed by the regular spreading of characteristic rhombohedral etch pits. Direct in situ observations show that a new phase precipitates on the dissolving surface simultaneously. As the Ca and Mg release decreases with time, the precipitated phase can be seen to spread across the dolomite surface. These observations indicate that the apparent incongruent dissolution of dolomite is a two-step process involving stoichiometric dissolution with the release of Ca, Mg and CO 3 ions to solution at the mineral–fluid interface coupled with precipitation of a new Mg-carbonate phase. The coupled element release confirms the interface-coupled dissolutionprecipitation mechanism.
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An interfacial dissolution-precipitation process existed.
“More calcium was dissolved than manganese, indicating that the (Ca1-xMnx)CO3 solid solutions dissolved nonstoichiometrically [20] and suggesting the existence of an interfacial dissolution–precipitation process; thus, manganese more favorably nucleated on the crystal surfaces to form new precipitates [20, 33].”
From Dissolution and solubility of calcite-rhodochrosite solid solutions [(Ca1-xMnx)CO3] at 25 °C (2021) · cites this paper as [33]
The Abstract and the passage labeled Urosevic report interface-coupled dissolution and precipitation during dolomite dissolution. They do not establish that this process occurred in the citing paper’s (Ca1-xMnx)CO3 solid solutions; the reported surface precipitate is Mg-carbonate, not manganese-bearing. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredManganese more favorably nucleated on crystal surfaces to form new precipitates.
“More calcium was dissolved than manganese, indicating that the (Ca1-xMnx)CO3 solid solutions dissolved nonstoichiometrically [20] and suggesting the existence of an interfacial dissolution–precipitation process; thus, manganese more favorably nucleated on the crystal surfaces to form new precipitates [20, 33].”
From Dissolution and solubility of calcite-rhodochrosite solid solutions [(Ca1-xMnx)CO3] at 25 °C (2021) · cites this paper as [33]
The Results and Discussion describe new precipitates forming on a dissolving dolomite surface and identify the likely phase as a magnesium carbonate. They do not address manganese or establish that manganese preferentially nucleates on crystal surfaces; the cited mechanism is supported only for the different Ca–Mg system studied here. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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- Putnis, C. V., Ruiz-Agudo, E., & Hövelmann, J.
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- University of Münster (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Putnis, Christine V.
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- Mineralogical Magazine
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- Mineralogical Society
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- 2014-11
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- 78
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- 6
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- 1355-1362
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- 0026-461X (ISSN-L)
- 1471-8022
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- Funders
- European Commission (MAT2012-37584, RNM-179)
- European Regional Development Fund (P11-RNM-7550, RNM-179)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Earth-Surface Processes › Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
- Keywords
- dolomite dissolution, calcium and magnesium release, congruent dissolution, incongruent dissolution, mineral-fluid interface, etch pits, dissolution-precipitation mechanism
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