The surface of this outcrop is highly irregular a morphology caused by chemical and mechanical erosion from rain and winter frost.
Calcium carbonate, the main component of this rock, is water-soluble and is therefore easily corroded.
Dolomite is quarried in the Dolomites — mountains that formed about 280 million years ago and were initially a vast plain. Outside Italy, dolomite deposits are found in Brazil, Australia, Mexico, Switzerland, Germany, the USA, and Spain.
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