Rainbow Mountain is a mountain in Madison county , Alabama . The mountain's name is derived from the name of Elisha Rainbolt, who settled on the mountain around 1810.
20-856: (Redirected from Rainbow Mountains ) Rainbow Mountain or Rainbow Mountains may refer to: Rainbow Mountain (Alabama) in Alabama, USA Rainbow Mountain (Alaska) , in the Alaska Range, USA Rainbow Mountain (British Columbia) in British Columbia, Canada Rainbow Mountain (California) in California, USA Rainbow Mountain (Montana) in Montana, USA Rainbow Mountain (Clark County, Nevada) , USA Rainbow Mountain Wilderness ,
40-678: A wilderness area centered around Rainbow Mountain near Las Vegas, Nevada Rainbow Mountain (Peru) in the Andes of Peru Rainbow Mountain (Washington) in Washington, USA Rainbow Mountain in New Zealand (dual official name with Maunga Kākaramea) Rainbow Range (Chilcotin Plateau) , a mountain range in British Columbia, Canada Rainbow Range (Rocky Mountains) , a mountain range in British Columbia, Canada Spectrum Range ,
60-466: A more stable phase (such as partially ordered dolomite) during periodical intervals of dissolution and re-precipitation. The general principle governing the course of this irreversible geochemical reaction has been coined "breaking Ostwald's step rule ". High diagenetic temperatures, such as those of groundwater flowing along deeply rooted fault systems affecting some sedimentary successions or deeply buried limestone rocks allocate dolomitization . But
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100-492: A pH buffer and as a magnesium source. Pastures can be limed with dolomitic lime to raise their pH and where there is a magnesium deficiency. Dolomite is also used as the substrate in marine (saltwater) aquariums to help buffer changes in the pH of the water. Calcined dolomite is also used as a catalyst for destruction of tar in the gasification of biomass at high temperature. Particle physics researchers like to build particle detectors under layers of dolomite to enable
120-412: Is a double carbonate, having an alternating structural arrangement of calcium and magnesium ions. Unless it is in fine powder form, it does not rapidly dissolve or effervesce (fizz) in cold dilute hydrochloric acid as calcite does. Crystal twinning is common. Solid solution exists between dolomite, the iron -dominant ankerite and the manganese -dominant kutnohorite . Small amounts of iron in
140-452: Is an anhydrous carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate , ideally CaMg(CO 3 ) 2 . The term is also used for a sedimentary carbonate rock composed mostly of the mineral dolomite (see Dolomite (rock) ). An alternative name sometimes used for the dolomitic rock type is dolostone. As stated by Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure the mineral dolomite was probably first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1768. In 1791, it
160-465: Is an abundant rock-forming mineral are important as aquifers and contribute to karst terrain formation. Modern dolomite formation has been found to occur under anaerobic conditions in supersaturated saline lagoons such as those at the Rio de Janeiro coast of Brazil , namely, Lagoa Vermelha and Brejo do Espinho. There are many other localities where modern dolomite forms, notably along sabkhas in
180-530: Is an important petroleum reservoir rock, and serves as the host rock for large strata-bound Mississippi Valley-Type (MVT) ore deposits of base metals such as lead , zinc , and copper . Where calcite limestone is uncommon or too costly, dolomite is sometimes used in its place as a flux for the smelting of iron and steel. Large quantities of processed dolomite are used in the production of float glass . In horticulture , dolomite and dolomitic limestone are added to soils and soilless potting mixes as
200-502: Is likely result from complexation of both magnesium and calcium by carboxylic acids comprising EPS. Vast deposits of dolomite are present in the geological record, but the mineral is relatively rare in modern environments. Reproducible, inorganic low-temperature syntheses of dolomite are yet to be performed. Usually, the initial inorganic precipitation of a metastable "precursor" (such as magnesium calcite) can easily be achieved. The precursor phase will theoretically change gradually into
220-433: Is such, from older to younger ( also lower to higher in altitude ): Fossils found there are Archimedes , rugose corals , and crinoids . Local minerals, excluding ones composing aformentioned rocks, are dolomite , calcite , fluorite , and sphalerite . Some rocks have ripple marks on them. The landscape is karstic, riddled with sinkholes and small grottos. Archeology Paleoindian arrowheads were reportedly found on
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#1732794350193240-562: The Highland region , Rainbow Mountain is characterized by sedimentary rocks (mostly limestone ) from middle to late Paleozoic filled with fossils of corals and bryozoans . This is unsurprising, as almost all of contemporary Alabama's landmass was submerged under the Tethys Seaway and served as the ground for splendid coral reef ecosystems. All the strata of Rainbow Mountain are from Mississippian. The stratigraphy of Rainbow Mountain
260-546: The Persian Gulf , but also in sedimentary basins bearing gas hydrates and hypersaline lakes. It is often thought that dolomite nucleates with the help of sulfate-reducing bacteria (e.g. Desulfovibrio brasiliensis ), but other microbial metabolisms have been also found to mediate in dolomite formation. In general, low-temperature dolomite may occur in natural supersaturated environments rich in extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and microbial cell surfaces. This
280-695: The Rainbow Mountain. It would make sense that local people found shelter in the limestone crevices. A 65-acre nature preserve owned by the City of Madison is located on the mountain. The preserve has over three miles of hiking trails, which are managed by the Land Trust of North Alabama. This Madison County , Alabama state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dolomite (mineral) Dolomite ( / ˈ d ɒ l . ə ˌ m aɪ t , ˈ d oʊ . l ə -/ )
300-428: The detectors to detect the highest possible number of exotic particles. Because dolomite contains relatively minor quantities of radioactive materials, it can insulate against interference from cosmic rays without adding to background radiation levels. In addition to being an industrial mineral, dolomite is highly valued by collectors and museums when it forms large, transparent crystals. The specimens that appear in
320-431: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rainbow_Mountain&oldid=1229649628 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rainbow Mountain (Alabama) Geology Like overwhelming majority of geological features in
340-471: The mineral is also volumetrically important in some Neogene platforms never subjected to elevated temperatures. Under such conditions of diagenesis the long-term activity of the deep biosphere could play a key role in dolomitization, since diagenetic fluids of contrasting composition are mixed as a response to Milankovitch cycles . A recent biotic synthetic experiment claims to have precipitated ordered dolomite when anoxygenic photosynthesis proceeds in
360-456: The presence of manganese(II). A still perplexing example of an organogenic origin is that of the reported formation of dolomite in the urinary bladder of a Dalmatian dog, possibly as the result of an illness or infection. Dolomite is used as an ornamental stone, a concrete aggregate, and a source of magnesium oxide , as well as in the Pidgeon process for the production of magnesium . It
380-437: The structure give the crystals a yellow to brown tint. Manganese substitutes in the structure also up to about three percent MnO. A high manganese content gives the crystals a rosy pink color. Lead , zinc , and cobalt also can substitute in the structure for magnesium. The mineral dolomite is closely related to huntite Mg 3 Ca(CO 3 ) 4 . Because dolomite can be dissolved by slightly acidic water, areas where dolomite
400-589: Was described as a rock by the French naturalist and geologist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750–1801), first in buildings of the old city of Rome, and later as samples collected in the Tyrolean Alps . Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure first named the mineral (after Dolomieu) in March 1792. The mineral dolomite crystallizes in the trigonal-rhombohedral system. It forms white, tan, gray, or pink crystals. Dolomite
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