These tables are intended to list of all known carbonate-bearing minerals for which names have been approved by the International Mineralogical Association's Commission on New Minerals and New Mineral Names. Table III lists the carbonate-bearing minerals that contain halides, sulfate, borate, arsenate, arsenite, phosphate, or silicate . If you spot an error or a missing mineral, or if you have some other comment or query, please contact Bruce Railsback.
Other options:
Introduction to these tables.
Table I: The pure carbonate minerals.
Table II: The carbonate-bearing minerals with chloride, sulfate, or fluoride.
Table IV: The carbonate-bearing minerals with multiple other anions.
Table V: Recently recognized carbonate-bearing minerals.
Under each of the following headings, minerals are listed in order of increasing charge on the most highly charged cation.
| Carbonate-Bearing Minerals with Other Anions | ||||
| Mineral Name | Chemical Formula | Notes (1) | ref (2) | No. (3) |
| PHOSPHATE-BEARING, BORATE-BEARING, and ARSENATE-BEARING CARBONATES | ||||
| Qilianshanite | Na(HCO3)(H3BO3).2H2O | 1994 | AM79:765 | 10.1.1 |
| Bradleyite | Na3MgPO4CO3 | x | x | 10.2.1 |
| Girvasite | NaCa2Mg3(PO4)2[PO2(OH)2]CO3(OH)2.4H2O | x | x | 10.2.2 |
| Bonshtedtite | Na3Fe2+PO4CO3 | x | x | 10.2.3 |
| Crawfordite | Na3SrPO4CO3 | 1995 | AM80:1328 | 10.2.4 |
| Sidorenkite | Na3MnPO4CO3 | x | x | 10.2.5 |
| Carbonate-hydroxlapatite | Ca5(PO4,CO3)3OH | x | x | 10.3.1 |
| Carbonate-fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4,CO3)3F | MA | x | 12.3.1 |
| Heneuite | CaMg5CO3(PO4)3OH | x | x | 10.4.1 |
| Borcarite | Ca4Mg(B4O6)(CO3)2(OH)6 | x | x | 10.4.2 |
| Carboborite | Ca2Mg(CO3)2B2(OH)8.5H2O | x | x | 10.4.3 |
| Tyrolite | CaCu5(AsO4)2CO3(OH)4.6H2O | x | x | 10.4.4 |
| Sakhaite | Ca12Mg4(CO3)4(BO3)7Cl(OH)2 | MA | x | 12.4.2 |
| Kovdorskite | Mg5(PO4)2CO3(OH)2.4.5H2O | x | x | 10.5.1 |
| Canavesite | Mg2(HBO3)CO3.5H2O | x | x | 10.5.2 |
| Holtedahlite | Mg12(PO3OH,CO3)(PO4)5(OH,O)6 | x | x | 10.5.3 |
| Phosphoellenbergerite [94-006] | Mg14(PO4)6(PO3,OH,CO3)2(OH)6 | 1999 | AM84:1196 | 10.5.4 |
| Armangite | Mn26As3+18O50CO3(OH)4 | Arsenite | x | 10.6.1 |
| Gartrellite | Pb(Cu,Fe)2(AsO4,SO4)2(CO3,H2O)0.7 | MA | x | 12.6.3 |
| Moydite-(Y) | (Y,REE)[B(OH)4]CO3 | x | x | 10.7.1 |
| Daqingshanite-(Ce) | (Sr,Ca,Ba)3(Ce,La)PO4(CO3)3-x(OH,F)x | MA | Bal? | 12.7.3 |
| Abenakiite | Na26(REE)6(SiO3)6(PO4)6(CO3)6(SO2)O | MA | 1995 | 12.7.4 |
| Krasnovite | Ba(Al,Mg)(PO4,CO3)(OH)2.H2O | 1997 | AM82:621 | 10.8.1 |
| Harkerite | Ca24Mg8Al2Si8(O,OH)32(BO3)8(CO3)8(H2O,Cl) | MA | x | 12.8.10 |
| Gaudefroyite | Ca4Mn3+3-x(BO3)3CO3(O,OH)3 | x | x | 10.9.1 |
| Voggite | Na2ZrPO4CO3OH.2H2O | x | x | 10.10.1 |
| SILICATE-BEARING CARBONATES | ||||
| Carletonite | KNa4Ca4Si8O18(CO3)4(OH,F).H2O | MA | Phyllo(7) | 12.2.1 |
| Tilleyite | Ca5Si2O7(CO3)2 | x | Soro | 11.3.1 |
| Spurrite | Ca5Si2O8CO3 | x | Neso | 11.3.2 |
| Paraspurrite | Ca5Si2O8CO3 | x | Neso | 11.3.3 |
| Scawtite | Ca7Si6O18CO3.2H2O | x | Cyclo | 11.3.4 |
| Fukalite | Ca4Si2O6CO3(OH,F)2 | MA | NC | 12.3.2 |
| Thaumasite | Ca3SiCO3SO4(OH)6.12H2O | MA | NC | 12.3.3 |
| Ashburtonite | HPb4Cu4Si4O12(HCO3)4(OH)4Cl | MA | NC | 12.6.1 |
| Kainosite-(Y) | Ca2(Y,Ce)2Si4O12CO3.H2O | x | Cyclo | 11.7.1 |
| Caysichite-(Y) | Ca3GdY4Si8O20(CO3)6(OH).2(H2O) | x | Ino | 11.7.2 |
| Iimoriite-(Y) | Y2SiO4CO3 | x | Neso | 11.7.3 |
| Abenakiite | Na26(REE)6(SiO3)6(PO4)6(CO3)6(SO2)O | MA | Cyclo 1995 |
12.7.4 |
| Cancrinite | Na6Ca2Al6Si6O24(CO3)2 | x | Tecto-F | 11.8.1 |
| Meionite | Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3 | x | Tecto | 11.8.2 |
| Surite | Pb(Pb,Ca)(CO3)2(Al,Fe3+,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2 | x | Phyllo | 11.8.3 |
| Cancrisilite | Na7(Al5Si7O24)CO3.3H2O | 1993 | Tecto-F | 11.8.4 |
| Hydroxycancrinite | Na8(Al6Si6O24)(OHCO3)2.2H2O ??? | x | (8) | -.-.- |
| Davyne | (Na,Ca,K)8Al6Si6O24(Cl,SO4,CO3)2-3 | MA | Tecto-F | 12.8.1 |
| Vishnevite | (Na,Ca,K)6(Si,Al)12O24(SO4,CO3,Cl2)2-4.nH2O | MA | Tecto-F | 12.8.2 |
| Liottite | (Ca,Na)4(Si,Al)6O12(SO4,CO3,OH,Cl)2.nH2O | MA | Tecto-F | 12.8.3 |
| Latiumite | K2Ca6(Si,Al)11O25(SO4,CO3) | MA | Phyllo | 12.8.4 |
| Tuscanite | K(Ca,Na)6(Si,Al)10O22[SO4,CO3,(OH)2].H2O | MA | Phyllo | 12.8.5 |
| Microsommite | (Na,Ca,K)7-8(Si,Al)12O24(Cl,SO4,CO3)2-3 | MA | Tecto-F | 12.8.6 |
| Afghanite | (Na,Ca,K)8(Si,Al)12O24(SO4,Cl,CO3)3.H2O | MA | Tecto-F | 12.8.7 |
| Franzinite | (Na,Ca)7(Si,Al)12O24(SO4,CO3,OH,Cl)3.H2O | MA | Tecto-F | 12.8.8 |
| Sacrofanite | (Na,Ca,K)9(Si,Al)12O24[(OH)2,SO4,CO3,Cl2]3.nH2O | MA | Tecto-F | 12.8.9 |
| Harkerite | Ca24Mg8Al2Si8(O,OH)32(BO3)8(CO3)8(H2O,Cl) | MA | NC | 12.8.10 |
| Kegelite | Pb8Al4Si8(SO4)2(CO3)4(OH)8O20 | MA | Phyllo | 12.8.12 |
| Silvialite | Ca4Al6Si6O24(SO4)0.6(CO3)0.4 | 1999 | MM63:321; AM85:264 |
12.8.13 |
| Ferrisurite | (Pb,Ca)2-3(CO3)1.5-2(OH,F)0.5-1 [(Fe3+,Al)2Si4O10(OH)2].nH2O |
x | Phyllo | 11.9.1 |
| Tundrite-(Ce) | Na3(Ce,La)4(Ti,Nb)2(SiO4)2(C03)3O4(OH).2H2O | x | NC | 11.10.1 |
| Tundrite-(Nd) | Na3(Nd,La)4(Ti,Nb)2(SiO4)2(C03)3O4(OH).2H2O | x | NC | 11.10.2 |
| Lepersonnite-(Gd) | Ca(Gd,Dy)2(UO2)24(CO3)8(Si4O12)O16.60(H2O) | x | NC | 11.11.1 |
Footnotes:
1 Notes for Railsback's use. "MA" Indicates a carbonate-bearing mineral with multiple other anions and thus one listed in the last section of the table.
2 For minerals that post-date Clark's (1993) Hey's Mineral Index, volume and page on which they are reported in American Mineralogist (or other publication as noted).
3 Column number.row number.mineral number in Figure 1 of Railsback's 1999 paper on "Patterns in the compositions, properties, and geochemistry of carbonate minerals" (Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 14, p. 1-20).
7 Column lists silicate groups (nesosilicate, sorosilicate, etc) in which Gaines et al. (Dana's New Mineralogy) place these minerals. "NC" indicates Gaines et al. did not classify the mineral.
8. The analysis reported for this mineral included CO2, but neither the original authors nor Mandarino (1997) include CO3 in the formula Na8(Al6Si6O24)(OH)2.2H2O. Gaines et al. (1997) use that same formula in their table on p. 1632 of Dana's New MIneralogy, but they show the unusual and unbalanced formula Na8(Al6Si6O24)(OHCO3)2.2H2O on their page 1637. This compilation does not treat hydroxycancrinite as a carbonate-bearing mineral.