First off, nice bug stuff. I was unaware of any of that, and will be doing some reading!
Second,
It's even hard to make in a lab- most of the time when we try to make it, the components just turn into a mixture of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate, not dolomite. It wasn't until 1999 that we first created synthetic dolomite at low temperatures.
This made me laugh because I see 'virtual' dolomite all the time. There are programs out there which let you specify a bunch of free ions and predict equilibrium concentrations of solutes, precipitates, and gasses. They are actually really useful, but you have to learn to interpret the results - things like the rate of formation and such. Traces of dolomite are often 'predicted' by these programs when you've got both Ca and Mg.
Third, of course, is this.
I'm just imagining a virtual game like hearthstone or something now, but where you collect and battle various minerals instead. :D
You mean like dwarf fortress? ;)
For those interested in the actual software.
Dwarf Fortress, thou vile beast!
Just so you know, since this comment I've been wrestling with the temptation to reinstall all week.
Hehehehe