Minerals containing the carbonate ion
Calcite crystals from the Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri ; 6.2 × 6 × 3.3 cm Carbonate minerals are those minerals containing the carbonate ion, CO2− 3 .
Carbonate divisions
Anhydrous carbonates Rhodochrosite , Sweet Home Mine , Alma, Colorado; 5.2 × 4.2 × 2.3 cm Smithsonite , Silver Bill Mine, Dragoon Mts, Cochise County, Arizona ; 4.8 × 4.1 × 2.4 cm
Anhydrous carbonates with compound formulas Dolomite with calcite and chalcopyrite from the Picher Field, Tri-State district , Cherokee County, Kansas ; 12.0 × 9.7 × 4.3 cm
Carbonates with hydroxyl or halogen Azurite and malachite, Beaver Dam Mts, Washington County, Utah ; 5.1 × 3.9 × 2.4 cm
Hydrated carbonates The carbonate class in both the Dana and the Strunz classification systems include the nitrates.[1] [2]
Nickel–Strunz classification -05- carbonates Hanksite , Na22 K(SO4 )9 (CO3 )2 Cl, one of the few minerals that is considered a carbonate and a sulfatePhotomicrographs of a thin section containing carbonate vein in mica rich rock. In cross-polarized light on left, plane-polarized light on right.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:Neso: insular (from Greek νησος nēsos, island) Soro: grouping (from Greek σωροῦ sōros, heap, mound (especially of corn)) Cyclo: ring Ino: chain (from Greek ις [genitive: ινος inos ], fibre) Phyllo: sheet (from Greek φύλλον phyllon , leaf) Tekto: three-dimensional framework Nickel–Strunz code scheme: NN.XY.##xNN: 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 H2 O05.AA Alkali carbonates: 05 Zabuyelite ; 10 Gregoryite , 10 Natrite; 15 Nahcolite , 20 Kalicinite , 25 Teschemacherite, 30 Wegscheiderite 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 Norsethite, 35 Alstonite ; 40 Olekminskite, 40 Paralstonite; 45 Barytocalcite , 50 Carbocernaite, 55 Benstonite , 60 Juangodoyite 05.AC Alkali and alkali-earth carbonates: 05 Eitelite, 10 Nyerereite , 10 Natrofairchildite, 10 Zemkorite; 15 Butschliite, 20 Fairchildite, 25 Shortite ; 30 Sanromanite, 30 Burbankite, 30 Calcioburbankite, 30 Khanneshite 05.AD With rare-earth elements (REE): 05 Sahamalite-(Ce); 15 Rémondite-(Ce), 15 Petersenite-(Ce), 15 Rémondite-(La); 20 Paratooite-(La) 05.B Carbonates with additional anions, without H2 O05.BA With Cu, Co, Ni, Zn, Mg, Mn: 05 Azurite , 10 Chukanovite , 10 Malachite , 10 Georgeite, 10 Pokrovskite, 10 Nullaginite, 10 Glaukosphaerite, 10 Mcguinnessite, 10 Kolwezite, 10 Rosasite , 10 Zincrosasite; 15 Aurichalcite , 15 Hydrozincite ; 20 Holdawayite, 25 Defernite; 30 Loseyite, 30 Sclarite 05.BB With alkalies, etc.: 05 Barentsite, 10 Dawsonite , 15 Tunisite, 20 Sabinaite 05.BC With alkali-earth cations: 05 Brenkite, 10 Rouvilleite, 15 Podlesnoite 05.BD With rare-earth elements (REE): 05 Cordylite-(Ce), 05 Lukechangite-(Ce); 10 Kukharenkoite -(La), 10 Kukharenkoite-(Ce), 10 Zhonghuacerite-(Ce) ; 15 Cebaite-(Nd), 15 Cebaite-(Ce); 20a Bastnasite -(Ce), 20a Bastnasite-(La), 20a Bastnasite-(Y), 20a Hydroxylbastnasite-(Ce), 20a Hydroxylbastnasite-(La), 20a Hydroxylbastnasite-(Nd), 20a Thorbastnasite, 20b Parisite -(Nd), 20b Parisite-(Ce), 20c Synchysite -(Ce), 20c Synchysite-(Nd), 20c Synchysite-(Y), 20d Rontgenite-(Ce); 25 Horvathite-(Y), 30 Qaqarssukite-(Ce), 35 Huanghoite-(Ce) 05.BE With Pb, Bi: 05 Shannonite, 10 Hydrocerussite , 15 Plumbonacrite, 20 Phosgenite , 25 Bismutite , 30 Kettnerite, 35 Beyerite 05.BF With (Cl), SO4 , PO4 , TeO3 : 05 Northupite , 05 Ferrotychite, 05 Manganotychite, 05 Tychite; 10 Bonshtedtite, 10 Crawfordite, 10 Bradleyitev, 10 Sidorenkite, 15 Daqingshanite-(Ce), 20 Reederite-(Y) , 25 Mineevite-(Y), 30 Brianyoungite , 35 Philolithite; 40 Macphersonitev, 40 Susannite , 40 Leadhillite 05.C Carbonates without additional anions, with H2 O05.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 Pirssonite, 35 Gaylussite , 40 Chalconatronite , 45 Baylissite, 50 Tuliokite 05.CC With rare-earth elements (REE): 05 Donnayite-(Y) , 05 Mckelveyite -(Nd)*, 05 Mckelveyite-(Y), 05 Weloganite ; 10 Tengerite-(Y), 15 Lokkaite-(Y); 20 Shomiokite-(Y), 20 IMA2008-069; 25 Calkinsite-(Ce), 25 Lanthanite -(Ce), 25 Lanthanite-(La), 25 Lanthanite-(Nd); 30 Adamsite-(Y) , 35 Decrespignyite-(Y) , 40 Galgenbergite-(Ce), 45 Ewaldite, 50 Kimuraite-(Y) 05.D Carbonates with additional anions, with H2 O05.DA With medium-sized cations: 05 Dypingite , 05 Giorgiosite, 05 Hydromagnesite , 05 Widgiemoolthalite ; 10 Artinite , 10 Chlorartinite; 15 Otwayite , 20 Kambaldaite , 25 Callaghanite, 30 Claraite; 35 Hydroscarbroite, 35 Scarbroite; 40 Charmarite-3T, 40 Charmarite-2H, 40 Caresite, 40 Quintinite -2H, 40 Quintinite-3T; 45 Brugnatellite, 45 Barbertonite , 45 Chlormagaluminite, 45 Zaccagnaite , 45 Manasseite, 45 Sjogrenite; 50 Desautelsite, 50 Comblainite, 50 Hydrotalcite , 50 Pyroaurite, 50 Reevesite, 50 Stichtite , 50 Takovite; 55 Coalingite, 60 Karchevskyite, 65 Indigirite, 70 Zaratite 05.DB With large and medium-sized cations: 05 Alumohydrocalcite , 05 Para-alumohydrocalcite, 05 Nasledovite; 10 Dresserite , 10 Dundasite , 10 Strontiodresserite, 10 Petterdite, 10 Kochsandorite; 15 Hydrodresserite, 20 Schuilingite-(Nd), 25 Sergeevite, 30 Szymanskiite, 35 Montroyalite 05.DC With large cations: 05 Ancylite -(Ce), 05 Ancylite-(La), 05 Gysinite-(Nd), 05 Calcioancylite-(Ce), 05 Calcioancylite-(Nd), 05 Kozoite-(La), 05 Kozoite-(Nd); 10 Kamphaugite-(Y), 15 Sheldrickite , 20 Thomasclarkite-(Y) , 25 Peterbaylissite, 30 Clearcreekite , 35 Niveolanite 05.E Uranyl carbonates05.EA UO2 :CO3 > 1:1: 10 Urancalcarite, 15 Wyartite , 20 Oswaldpeetersite, 25 Roubaultite, 30 Kamotoite-(Y), 35 Sharpite 05.EB UO2 :CO3 = 1:1: 05 Rutherfordine , 10 Blatonite, 15 Joliotite, 20 Bijvoetite-(Y) 05.EC UO2 :CO3 < 1:1 - 1:2: 05 Fontanite; 10 Metazellerite, 10 Zellerite 05.ED UO2 :CO3 = 1:3: 05 Bayleyite , 10 Swartzite, 15 Albrechtschraufite , 20 Liebigite , 25 Rabbittite, 30 Andersonite , 35 Grimselite, 40 Widenmannite, 45 Znucalite , 50 Cejkaite 05.EE UO2 :CO3 = 1:4: 05 Voglite, 10 Shabaite-(Nd) 05.EF UO2 :CO3 = 1:5: 05 Astrocyanite-(Ce) 05.EG With SO4 or SiO4 : 05 Schrockingerite , 10 Lepersonnite-(Gd)
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 .
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