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Carbonate Mineral

Classification sorts earth materials by their formal mineral family. Wikipedia notes that quartz "is classified structurally as a framework silicate mineral and compositionally as an oxide mineral," two different systems applied to the same substance. This dimension lets a visitor compare materials that mineralogists group together for the same technical reason.

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Formation Origin
Contain the carbonate ion, CO3(2-). 1
Carbonate Mineral
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Aragonite, Materials

Entity-backed identity for the material classification this material already carries as an enum fact, pointing at the class subcategory of the same name. The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.

Calcite, Materials

Entity-backed identity for the material classification this material already carries as an enum fact, pointing at the class subcategory of the same name. The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.

Malachite, Materials

Entity-backed identity for the material classification this material already carries as an enum fact, pointing at the class subcategory of the same name. The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.

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1. Wikipedia: Carbonate minerals
WikipediaCarbonate minerals, lead section
Quote, Carbonate minerals, lead section
Carbonate minerals are those minerals containing the carbonate ion, CO2-3.
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