CARBONATE MINERALS

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

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Carbonate classes

Anhydrous carbonates

Anhydrous carbonates with compound formulas

Carbonates with hydroxyl or halogen

Hydrated carbonates

References

Carbonate classes

Anhydrous carbonates

★ Calcite group: Trigonal

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★ Calcite CaCO₃

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★ Gaspeite (Ni,Mg,Fe²⁺)CO₃

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★ Magnesite MgCO₃

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★ Otavite CdCO₃

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★ Rhodochrosite MnCO₃

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★ Siderite FeCO₃

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★ Smithsonite ZnCO₃

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★ Sphaerocobaltite CoCO₃

★ Aragonite group: Orthorhombic

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★ Aragonite CaCO₃

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★ Cerussite PbCO₃

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★ Strontianite SrCO₃

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★ Witherite BaCO₃

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★ Rutherfordine UO₂CO₃

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★ Natrite Na₂CO₃

Anhydrous carbonates with compound formulas

★ Dolomite group: Trigonal

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★ Ankerite CaFe(CO₃)₂

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★ Dolomite CaMg(CO₃)₂

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★ Minrecordite CaZn(CO₃)₂

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★ Barytocite BaCa(CO₃)₂

Carbonates with hydroxyl or halogen

★ Carbonate with hydroxide: Monoclinic

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★ Azurite Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂

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★ Hydrocerussite Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂

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★ Malachite Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂

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★ Roassite (Cu,Zn)₂CO₃(OH)₂

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★ Phosgenite Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂

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★ Hydrozincite Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆

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★ 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.

References

★ Hurlbut, Cornelius S.; Klein, Cornelis, 1985, Manual of Mineralogy, 20th ed., ISBN 0-471-80580-7

★ Webmineral Dana Classification