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Carbonate Minerals
Minerals

🧊Carbonate Minerals

Carbonates

~380 species

Minerals containing the carbonate ion (CO3). Many form in marine environments. Calcite and dolomite make up most of Earth's limestone and marble.

Source: Wikipedia
💡The White Cliffs of Dover are made almost entirely of calcite from the shells of tiny marine organisms.

12 minerals

🧊 calcite🪨 magnesite🪨 siderite🔴 rhodochrosite🪨 smithsonite🪨 aragonite🪨 witherite🪨 cerussite🪨 dolomite🪨 ankerite🔵 azurite🟢 malachite

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