Carbonate minerals and their features
Carbonate minerals are those minerals containing the carbonate ion, CO2−3.
Calcite
Kütahya, Türkiye
Malachite
From Kongo
Azurite & Malachite
From Morocco
Cerussite & Baryte & Galena
Chemical Formula (Cerussite): PbCO3
Crystal System : Orthorhombic
Mohs Scale : 3-3,5
Siderite
Chemical Formula : FeCO3
Crystal System : Trigonal
Mohs Scale : 3.75- 4.25
Attepe Iron Mine
Siderite
Attepe Iron Mine
Calcite
From Kütahya, Türkiye.
Aragonite & Calcite
From Kütahya, Türkiye
Cobalt-bearing Calcite
Chemical Formula : (Ca,Co)CO3
From Kongo
Calcite
Kütahya, Türkiye
Aragonite
Chemical Formula : CaCO3
Crystal System : Orthorhombic
Mohs Scale : 3.5 - 4
Common impurities : Pb , Sr, Zr
From Morocco
Calcite & Chalcedony
From Manisa, Turkey.
Calcite
Azurite & Malachite
Chemical Formula of Malachite : Cu2CO3(OH)2
Chemical Formula of Azurite : Cu3(CO3)2(OH)
Crystal System : Monoclinic
Mohs Scale : 3.5 - 4
From Morocco
Calcite
From Kütahya, Turkey.
Smithsonite
Chemical Formula : ZnCO3
Crystal System : Trigonal
Mohs Scale : 4.5
Common impurities : Co,Cu,Mn,Ca,Cd,Mg,In
Calcite
From Kütahya, Turkey.
Calcite
Chemical Formula : CaCO3
Crystal System : Trigonal
Mohs Scale : 3
Malachite
Chemical Formula : Cu2CO3(OH)2
Crystal System : Monoclinic
Mohs Scale : 3.5 - 4
Specific Gravity : 3.64-4
Popcorn Calcite
Calcite
From Manisa, Turkey
Azurite & Malachite
Chemical Formula of Malachite : Cu2CO3(OH)2
Chemical Formula of Azurite : Cu3(CO3)2(OH)
Crystal System : Monoclinic
Mohs Scale : 3.5 - 4
Specific Gravity : 3.6 - 4
Calcite
From Manisa, Turkey.
Aragonite
Calcite & Sulphur
From Turkey
Calcite
From Manisa, Turkey.
Malachite
Banded Calcite
Smithsonite
Calcite
