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Contact SupplierDolomite powder, derived from the mineral dolomite, finds various applications due to its unique properties:
Construction Aggregate: Dolomite powder is used as a construction aggregate in road construction, concrete, and asphalt production.Cement Manufacturing: It serves as a sintering agent and flux in cement production.Glass, Bricks, and Ceramics: Dolomite powder is an ingredient in the production of glass, bricks, and ceramics.Feed Additive for Livestock: It’s used as a source of magnesia (MgO) in livestock feed.Soil pH Buffer: In horticulture, dolomite is added to soils and potting mixes as a pH buffer and a magnesium source.Oil and Gas Reservoir: Sometimes, dolomite serves as an oil and gas reservoir.Metallurgical Flux: It’s used in metal processing.Host Rock for Mineral Deposits: Dolomite serves as the host rock for many lead, zinc, and copper deposits.Remember that dolomite has three directions of perfect cleavage and can be observed with a hand lens when coarsely crystalline. Its Mohs hardness is 3 1/2 to 4, and it often occurs in rhombohedral crystals with curved faces12