“…Epitaxial growth, or layer-by-layer growth, at the mineral-water interface has been demonstrated on various systems including homoepitaxial growth of calcite, barite, and celestite under supersaturated solutions (e.g., Higgins et al, 2000;Teng et al, 2000;Risthaus et al, 2001). However, dolomite does not form under similar low-temperature/low-pressure conditions (De Boer, 1977;Deelman, 1981;Hartman, 1982;Reeder, 1982;El-Mofty et al, 1989;Tribble et al, 1995;Brady et al, 1996;Arvidson and Mackenzie, 1997;Pokrovsky, 1998;Titiloye et al, 1998;De Leeuw, 2002) nor has epitaxial growth been observed in recent attempts on dolomite seed crystals . The surface Ca/Mg ratio variability on dolomite surfaces may have implications in the tendency for formation (from supersaturated solution) of non-dolomite phases such as magnesian calcite, aragonite, and various carbonate hydrates (Pokrovsky, 1998).…”