It was first described as the 'stinking stone' by Belsazar Hacquet, an Austrian naturalist. Later, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, a French naturalist and geologist, described it as a rock from the Dolomite Alps in Italy. Properties of Dolomite. The following are the key properties of Dolomite: Cell Data. Space Group: R 3; a = 4.812(1) c = 16. ...