Carbonate mineral
Carbonate minerals are those minerals containing the carbonate ion, CO2−
3.
Carbonate divisions[]
Anhydrous carbonates[]
- Calcite group: trigonal
- Calcite CaCO3
- Gaspéite (Ni,Mg,Fe2+)CO3
- Magnesite MgCO3
- Otavite CdCO3
- Rhodochrosite MnCO3
- Siderite FeCO3
- Smithsonite ZnCO3
- Spherocobaltite CoCO3
- Aragonite group: orthorhombic
- Aragonite CaCO3
- Cerussite PbCO3
- Strontianite SrCO3
- Witherite BaCO3
- Rutherfordine UO2CO3
- Na2CO3
Anhydrous carbonates with compound formulas[]
- Dolomite group: trigonal
- Ankerite CaFe(CO3)2
- Dolomite CaMg(CO3)2
- Huntite Mg3Ca(CO3)4
- Minrecordite CaZn(CO3)2
- Barytocalcite 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
- Rosasite (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[]
- Hydromagnesite Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2.4H2O
- 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 include the nitrates.[1][2]
Nickel–Strunz classification -05- carbonates[]
IMA-CNMNC proposes a new hierarchical scheme (Mills et al., 2009).[3] This list uses the classification of Nickel–Strunz (mindat.org, 10 ed, pending publication).[2]
- Abbreviations:
- "*" – discredited (IMA/CNMNC status).
- "?" – questionable/doubtful (IMA/CNMNC status).
- "REE" – Rare-earth element (Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu)
- "PGE" – Platinum-group element (Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt)
- 03.C Aluminofluorides, 06 Borates, 08 Vanadates (04.H V[5,6] Vanadates), 09 Silicates:
- Nickel–Strunz code scheme: NN.XY.##x
- NN: Nickel–Strunz mineral class number
- X: Nickel–Strunz mineral division letter
- Y: Nickel–Strunz mineral family letter
- ##x: Nickel–Strunz mineral/group number, x add-on letter
Class: carbonates[]
- 05.A Carbonates without additional anions, without H2O
- 05.AA Alkali carbonates: 05 Zabuyelite; 10 Gregoryite, 10 ; 15 Nahcolite, 20 Kalicinite, 25 , 30
- 05.AB Alkali-earth (and other M2+) carbonates: 05 Calcite, 05 Gaspeite, 05 Magnesite, 05 Rhodochrosite, 05 Otavite, 05 Spherocobaltite, 05 Siderite, 05 Smithsonite; 10 Ankerite, 10 Dolomite, 10 Kutnohorite, 10 Minrecordite; 15 Cerussite, 15 Aragonite, 15 Strontianite, 15 Witherite; 20 Vaterite, 25 Huntite, 30 , 35 Alstonite; 40 , 40 ; 45 Barytocalcite, 50 , 55 Benstonite, 60
- 05.AC Alkali and alkali-earth carbonates: 05 , 10 Nyerereite, 10 , 10 ; 15 , 20 , 25 Shortite; 30 , 30 , 30 , 30
- 05.AD With rare-earth elements (REE): 05 ; 15 -(Ce), 15 , 15 Rémondite-(La); 20 Paratooite-(La)
- 05.B Carbonates with additional anions, without H2O
- 05.BA With Cu, Co, Ni, Zn, Mg, Mn: 05 Azurite, 10 Chukanovite, 10 Malachite, 10 , 10 , 10 , 10 , 10 , 10 , 10 Rosasite, 10 ; 15 Aurichalcite, 15 Hydrozincite; 20 , 25 ; 30 , 30
- 05.BB With alkalies, etc.: 05 , 10 Dawsonite, 15 , 20 Sabinaite
- 05.BC With alkali-earth cations: 05 , 10 , 15
- 05.BD With rare-earth elements (REE): 05 , 05 ; 10 Kukharenkoite-(La), 10 Kukharenkoite-(Ce), 10 Zhonghuacerite-(Ce); 15 -(Nd), 15 Cebaite-(Ce); 20a Bastnasite-(Ce), 20a Bastnasite-(La), 20a Bastnasite-(Y), 20a -(Ce), 20a Hydroxylbastnasite-(La), 20a Hydroxylbastnasite-(Nd), 20a , 20b Parisite-(Nd), 20b Parisite-(Ce), 20c Synchysite-(Ce), 20c Synchysite-(Nd), 20c Synchysite-(Y), 20d ; 25 , 30 , 35
- 05.BE With Pb, Bi: 05 , 10 Hydrocerussite, 15 , 20 Phosgenite, 25 Bismutite, 30 , 35
- 05.BF With (Cl), SO4, PO4, TeO3: 05 Northupite, 05 , 05 , 05 ; 10 , 10 , 10 , 10 , 15 , 20 Reederite-(Y), 25 , 30 Brianyoungite, 35 ; 40 , 40 Susannite, 40 Leadhillite
- 05.C Carbonates without additional anions, with H2O
- 05.CA With medium-sized cations: 05 Nesquehonite, 10 Lansfordite, 15 Barringtonite, 20 Hellyerite
- 05.CB With large cations (alkali and alkali-earth carbonates): 05 Thermonatrite, 10 Natron, 15 Trona, 20 Monohydrocalcite, 25 Ikaite, 30 , 35 Gaylussite, 40 Chalconatronite, 45 , 50
- 05.CC With rare-earth elements (REE): 05 Donnayite-(Y), 05 Mckelveyite-(Nd)*, 05 Mckelveyite-(Y), 05 Weloganite; 10 , 15 ; 20 , 20 IMA2008-069; 25 , 25 Lanthanite-(Ce), 25 Lanthanite-(La), 25 Lanthanite-(Nd); 30 Adamsite-(Y), 35 Decrespignyite-(Y), 40 , 45 , 50
- 05.D Carbonates with additional anions, with H2O
- 05.DA With medium-sized cations: 05 Dypingite, 05 , 05 Hydromagnesite, 05 Widgiemoolthalite; 10 Artinite, 10 ; 15 Otwayite, 20 Kambaldaite, 25 , 30 ; 35 , 35 ; 40 -3T, 40 Charmarite-2H, 40 , 40 Quintinite-2H, 40 Quintinite-3T; 45 , 45 Barbertonite, 45 , 45 Zaccagnaite, 45 , 45 ; 50 , 50 , 50 Hydrotalcite, 50 , 50 , 50 Stichtite, 50 ; 55 , 60 , 65 , 70 Zaratite
- 05.DB With large and medium-sized cations: 05 Alumohydrocalcite, 05 , 05 ; 10 Dresserite, 10 Dundasite, 10 , 10 , 10 ; 15 , 20 , 25 , 30 , 35
- 05.DC With large cations: 05 Ancylite-(Ce), 05 Ancylite-(La), 05 , 05 -(Ce), 05 Calcioancylite-(Nd), 05 -(La), 05 Kozoite-(Nd); 10 , 15 Sheldrickite, 20 Thomasclarkite-(Y), 25 , 30 Clearcreekite, 35
- 05.E Uranyl carbonates
- 05.EA UO2:CO3 > 1:1: 10 , 15 Wyartite, 20 , 25 , 30 , 35
- 05.EB UO2:CO3 = 1:1: 05 Rutherfordine, 10 , 15 , 20 Bijvoetite-(Y)
- 05.EC UO2:CO3 < 1:1 - 1:2: 05 ; 10 , 10 Zellerite
- 05.ED UO2:CO3 = 1:3: 05 Bayleyite, 10 , 15 Albrechtschraufite, 20 Liebigite, 25 , 30 Andersonite, 35 , 40 , 45 Znucalite, 50
- 05.EE UO2:CO3 = 1:4: 05 , 10
- 05.EF UO2:CO3 = 1:5: 05 Astrocyanite-(Ce)
- 05.EG With SO4 or SiO4: 05 Schrockingerite, 10 Lepersonnite-(Gd)
Class: nitrates[]
- 05.N Nitrates
- 05.NA Without OH or H2O: 05 Nitratine, 10 Niter, 15 Gwihabaite, 20 Nitrobarite
- 05.NB With OH: 05 Gerhardtite, 05
- 05.NC With H2O: 05 Nitromagnesite, 10 Nitrocalcite
- 05.ND With OH (etc.) and H2O: 05 , 10 , 15 , 20
References[]
- ^ Dana Classification on Webmineral.
- ^ a b Strunz Classification on Webmineral.
- ^ Stuart J. Mills; Frédéric Hatert; Ernest H. Nickel; Giovanni Ferraris (2009). "The standardisation of mineral group hierarchies: application to recent nomenclature proposals" (PDF). Eur. J. Mineral. 21 (5): 1073–1080. Bibcode:2009EJMin..21.1073M. doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- Hurlbut, Cornelius S.; Klein, Cornelis, 1985, Manual of Mineralogy, 20th ed., ISBN 0-471-80580-7
- Ernest H. Nickel; Monte C. Nichols (March 2009). "IMA-CNMNC List of Mineral Names" (PDF). IMA-CNMNC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
External links[]
- Media related to Carbonates (minerals) at Wikimedia Commons
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