Carbonate minerals Totally Explained

Everything about Carbonate Minerals totally explained

Carbonate minerals are those minerals containing the carbonate ion: CO₃^2-.

Carbonate classes

Anhydrous carbonates

Calcite group: Trigonal
- Calcite CaCO₃
- Gaspeite (Ni,Mg,Fe²⁺)CO₃
- Magnesite MgCO₃
- Otavite CdCO₃
- Rhodochrosite MnCO₃
- Siderite FeCO₃
- Smithsonite ZnCO₃
- Sphaerocobaltite CoCO₃
Aragonite group: Orthorhombic
- Aragonite CaCO₃
- Cerussite PbCO₃
- Strontianite SrCO₃
- Witherite BaCO₃
- Rutherfordine UO₂CO₃
- Natrite Na₂CO₃

Anhydrous carbonates with compound formulas

Dolomite group: Trigonal

Ankerite CaFe(CO₃)₂
Dolomite CaMg(CO₃)₂
Minrecordite CaZn(CO₃)₂
Barytocite BaCa(CO₃)₂

Carbonates with hydroxyl or halogen

Carbonate with hydroxide: Monoclinic

Azurite Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂
Hydrocerussite Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂
Malachite Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂
Roassite (Cu,Zn)₂CO₃(OH)₂
Phosgenite Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂
Hydrozincite Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆
Aurichalcite (Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆

Hydrated carbonates

Ikaite CaCO₃.6(H₂O)

Lansfordite MgCO₃·5(H₂O)

Monohydrocalcite CaCO₃.H₂O

Natron Na₂CO₃·10(H₂O)

Zellerite Ca(UO₂)(CO₃)₂·5(H₂O) The carbonate class in both the Dana and the Strunz classification systems includes the nitrates, the borates, and the iodates.

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