Mindat Short Description
Dolomite Group. Ankerite-Dolomite Series, and the Ankerite-Kutnohorite Series.
Note: Most (unanalysed) "ankerite" specimens are actually Fe-bearing (ferroan) dolomite (Mg>Fe), because of nomenclature changes. The majority of alleged "ankerite" photo...
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
Mineral is named: Mohs F (1825) Characters of the genera and species of the orders of class II. I. Order. Haloide. V. Lime-haloide. 4. Paratomous. Ankerite, in Treatise on Mineralogy Vol I, translated by Haidinger, Archibald and Co. (Edinburgh) 411-411 Mineral is described: Mohs F (1825) Paratomous lime-haloide, in Treatise on Mineralogy Vol II, translated by Haidinger, Archibald and Co. (Edinburgh) 100-101
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
CaFe2+(CO3)2