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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

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