CARBONATES

The carbonate minerals all contain one or more carbonate (CO₃^-2) anions.

Calcite (CaCO₃)

Aragonite (CaCO₃)

Dolomite (CaMg(CO₃)₂)

Magnesite (MgCO₃)

Witherite (BaCO₃)

Benstonite (Ba₆Ca₆Mg(CO₃)₁₃)

Siderite (FeCO₃)

Malachite (Cu₂CO₃(OH₂)) & Azurite (Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH₂))

Cerussite (PbCO₃)

Smithsonite (ZnCO₃)

Rhodochrosite (MnCO₃)

Aurichalcite ((Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆)

Rosasite ((Cu,Zn)₂CO₃(OH)₂)

Liebigite (Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O)

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