Carbonates (infos) Flashcards
How Carbonates form
- forms when super saturated ca and (co3)
- forced to crystallize and precipitate out in a solution
Calcite group crystal system
trigonal
calcite alias
iceland spar
calcite distinguishing feature
3 perfect cleavage and double refraction
A variety of calcite consisting of
scalenohedral crystals
resembling a dog’s canine teeth.
dog tooth spar
A fibrous variety of calcite
which, when struck, emits an
odor like that of truffles.
tartuffite
An optically clear form of calcite
iceland spar
Gaspeite distinguishing feature
light green, effervescence
Magnesite distinguishing feature
rhombohedral clevage
Colloidal gel form of
Magnesite
gelmagnesite
otavite distinguishing feature
rhombohedral cleavage
rhodochrosite alias
inca rose
Yellowish brown to gray banded
ferro-zinciferous variety of
rhodochrosite.
capillitite
A ferroan (iron-bearing)
variety of Rhodochrosite.
Ponite
Alias of siderite
Clay iron stone
Obsolete name for a Mg-bearing
variety of siderite
Pistomesite
A fibrous variety of siderite
wood iron
A fine grained, concretionary variety
of siderite
pelosiderite
Smithsonite alias
zinc spar