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==Carbon sequestration potential== {{See also|Carbon dioxide removal|Enhanced weathering}} Dunite could be used to [[Carbon dioxide sequestration|sequester]] CO<sub>2</sub> and help mitigate [[Global warming|global climate change]] via accelerated chemical rock [[weathering]]. This would involve the mining of dunite rocks in quarries followed by [[comminution|crushing and grinding]] to create fine ground rock that would react with the atmospheric [[carbon dioxide]]. The resulting products are [[magnesite]] and [[silica]] which could be commercialized.<ref>Danae A. Voormeij, George J. Simandl, Bill O'Connor - [https://getinfo.de/app/A-Systematic-Assessment-of-Ultramafic-Rocks-and/id/BLCP%3ACN061164386 A systematic assessment of ultramafic rocks and their suitability for mineral sequestration of CO2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212211002/https://getinfo.de/app/A-Systematic-Assessment-of-Ultramafic-Rocks-and/id/BLCP%3ACN061164386 |date=2015-02-12 }}</ref><ref>Peter Köhler, Jens Hartmann, and Dieter A. Wolf-Gladrow. 2010. Geoengineering potential of artificially enhanced silicate weathering of olivine. [http://www.pnas.org/content/107/47/20228.full.pdf PNAS ∣ November 23, 2010 ∣ vol. 107 ∣ no. 47 | 20228–20233]</ref> :<chem>Mg2SiO4(olivine) + 2CO2 -> 2MgCO3(magnesite) + SiO2(silica)</chem>
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