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Carbonado

A variety of Diamond
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About CarbonadoHide

Formula:
C
Colour:
Black, gray, brown
Lustre:
Resinous
A variety of Diamond

A massive (polycrystalline), porous, opaque, gray, brown, or black variety of diamond used as an abrasive and in rock drills.

Five different theories for the formation of carbonado have been discussed (cf. Sautter et al., 2011).

See also the varieties bort, ballas.





Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
27227 (as Carbonado)
1282 (as Diamond)
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:27227:8 (as Carbonado)
mindat:1:1:1282:5 (as Diamond)
GUID
(UUID V4):
636b5f1c-b910-4576-817b-60fee8ca199f (as Carbonado)
2a05bcc6-728d-4fed-bec1-93746fd26b90 (as Diamond)

Physical Properties of CarbonadoHide

Resinous
Colour:
Black, gray, brown

Chemistry of CarbonadoHide

Mindat Formula:
C

Synonyms of CarbonadoHide

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

Internet Links for CarbonadoHide

References for CarbonadoHide

Localities for CarbonadoHide

This map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.

Locality ListHide

- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Brazil
 
Derby (1907) +1 other reference
Herold et al. (2014)
Indonesia
 
Herold et al. (2014)
Russia
 
  • Kamchatka Krai
    • Yelizovsky District
Kaminsky et al. (2016)
  • Primorsky Krai
    • Krasnoarmeysky District
      • Roshchino
chemistry and genesis et al. (in Russian) +1 other reference
  • Sakha
    • Aldan
Shcheka et al. (2006)
Venezuela
 
  • Bolívar
    • Gran Sabana Municipality
      • Icabarú
NEWMAN
 
Mineral and/or Locality  
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