[Transformation of carbonate minerals in a cyano-bacterial mat in the course of laboratory modeling].
A laboratory model of a cyano-bacterial mat with mineral layers of carbonates was used to examine the dynamics of the transformation of calcium-magnesium carbonate under the conditions of a soda lake. The activity of various organisms of the cyanobacterial community results in conditions under which the Ca-Mg carbonate precipitate undergoes changes. The crystal lattice of the initial carbonate is restructured; its mineralogical composition changes depending on the conditions of the mat. In magnesium calcites, which are formed under such low-temperature conditions, a rudimentary cation adjustment can occur with the formation of dolomite domains. These experiments confirm the hypothesis that the dolomite found in stromatolites is of a secondary origin and can be formed in the course of transformation of Ca-Mg carbonates under alkaline conditions in an alkaliphilic cyanobacterial community.
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D018533:Biomass; D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000737:chemistry*; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D019418:Evolution, Chemical; D005618:Fresh Water; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology; D008274:Magnesium / Q000737:chemistry*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
C005479:magnesium carbonate; D002119:Calcium Carbonate; D008274:Magnesium; C028042:calcium magnesium carbonate