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Carbonates Minerals

Borate minerals
Carbonates Minerals
Halide Minerals
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Native Mineral
Organic Minerals
Oxides Minerals
Phosphates
Silicates Minerals
Sulfate Minerals
Sulfide Minerals

Carbonates are a set of minerals made of carbon, oxygen, and a metal element. This calcite referred to as calcium carbonate is the maximum common of the carbonate group.

Calcite

Calcite is a rock-forming mineral with a chemical formula of CaCO3. It is extremely common and found throughout the world in sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks. Some geologists consider it to be a "ubiquitous mineral" - one that is found everywhere.

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