Calcite-Rhodochrosite Series
A solid-solution series between two end-member minerals
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About Calcite-Rhodochrosite Series
Crystal System:
Trigonal
Series Formula:
CaCO3 to MnCO3
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
8682
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:8682:6
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
cd0d5b86-b563-43a2-8850-2e9f061faeaf
Crystallography of Calcite-Rhodochrosite Series
Crystal System:
Trigonal
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Data courtesy of the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database. Click on an AMCSD ID to view structure
ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
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0000098 | Calcite | Graf D L (1961) Crystallographic tables for the rhombohedral carbonates American Mineralogist 46 1283-1316 | 1961 | 0 | 293 | ||
0000585 | Calcite | Althoff P L (1977) Structural refinements of dolomite and a magnesian calcite and implications for dolomite formation in the marine environment Mg-calcite American Mineralogist 62 772-783 | 1977 | 0 | 293 | ||
0000984 | Calcite | Markgraf S A, Reeder R J (1985) High-temperature structure refinements of calcite and magnesite American Mineralogist 70 590-600 | 1985 | 0 | 293 | ||
0000985 | Calcite | Markgraf S A, Reeder R J (1985) High-temperature structure refinements of calcite and magnesite American Mineralogist 70 590-600 | 1985 | 0 | 293 | ||
0000986 | Calcite | Markgraf S A, Reeder R J (1985) High-temperature structure refinements of calcite and magnesite American Mineralogist 70 590-600 | 1985 | 0 | 293 | ||
0000987 | Calcite | Markgraf S A, Reeder R J (1985) High-temperature structure refinements of calcite and magnesite American Mineralogist 70 590-600 | 1985 | 0 | 293 | ||
0000988 | Calcite | Markgraf S A, Reeder R J (1985) High-temperature structure refinements of calcite and magnesite American Mineralogist 70 590-600 | 1985 | 0 | 293 | ||
0000989 | Calcite | Markgraf S A, Reeder R J (1985) High-temperature structure refinements of calcite and magnesite American Mineralogist 70 590-600 | 1985 | 0 | 293 | ||
0001327 | Calcite | Paquette J, Reeder R J (1990) Single-crystal X-ray structure refinements of two biogenic magnesian calcite crystals sample LS American Mineralogist 75 1151-1158 | 1990 | 0 | 293 | ||
0001328 | Calcite | Paquette J, Reeder R J (1990) Single-crystal X-ray structure refinements of two biogenic magnesian calcite crystals sample LB American Mineralogist 75 1151-1158 | 1990 | 0 | 293 | ||
0017849 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017850 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017851 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017852 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017853 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017854 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017855 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017856 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017857 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017858 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017859 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017860 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017861 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017862 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017863 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017864 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017865 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017866 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017867 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017868 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0017869 | Calcite | Antao S M, Hassan I (2010) Temperature dependence of the structural parameters in the transformation of aragonite to calcite, as determined from in situ synchrotron powder X-ray-diffraction data The Canadian Mineralogist 48 1225-1236 | 2010 | Cuenca, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0008879 | Calcite | Prencipe M, Pascale F, Zicovich-Wilson C M, Saunders V R, Orlando R, Dovesi R (2004) The vibrational spectrum of calcite (CaCO3): an ab initio quantum-mechanical calculation Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 31 559-564 | 2004 | 0 | 293 | ||
0009873 | Calcite | Maslen E N, Streltsov V A, Streltsova N R (1993) X-ray study of the electron density in calcite, CaCO3 Acta Crystallographica B49 636-641 | 1993 | 0 | 293 | ||
0009890 | Calcite | Maslen E N, Streltsov V A, Streltsova N R, Ishizawa N (1995) Electron density and optical anisotropy in rhombohedral carbonates. III. Synchrotron X-ray studies of CaCO3, MgCO3 and MnCO3 Acta Crystallographica B51 929-939 | 1995 | 0 | 293 | ||
0020835 | Calcite | Effenberger H, Mereiter K, Zemann J (1981) Crystal structure refinements of magnesite, calcite, rhodochrosite, siderite, smithsonite, and dolomite, with discussion of some aspects of the stereochemistry of calcite type carbonates Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 156 233-243 | 1981 | Iceland | 0 | 293 | |
0017889 | Calcite | Wyckoff R (1920) The Crystal Structures of some Carbonates of the Calcite Group _cod_database_code 1010962 American Journal of Science 50 317-360 | 1920 | 0 | 293 | ||
0012867 | Calcite | Sitepu H, O'Connor B H, Li D (2005) Comparative evaluation of the March and generalized spherical harmonic preferred orientation models using X-ray diffraction data for molybdite and calcite powders Journal of Applied Crystallography 38 158-167 | 2005 | synthetic | 0 | 293 | |
0012868 | Calcite | Sitepu H, O'Connor B H, Li D (2005) Comparative evaluation of the March and generalized spherical harmonic preferred orientation models using X-ray diffraction data for molybdite and calcite powders Journal of Applied Crystallography 38 158-167 | 2005 | synthetic | 0 | 293 | |
0017650 | Calcite | Elliott N (1937) A Redetermination of the Carbon - Oxygen Distance in Calcite and the Nitrogen - Oxygen Distance in Sodium Nitrate _cod_database_code 1010928 Journal of the American Chemical Society 59 1380-1382 | 1937 | 0 | 293 | ||
0018895 | Calcite | Sitepu H (2009) Texture and structural refinement using neutron diffraction data from molybdite (MoO3) and calcite (CaCO3) powders and a Ni-rich Ni50.7Ti49.30 alloy Powder Diffraction 24 315-326 | 2009 | synthetic | 0 | 293 | |
0018896 | Calcite | Sitepu H (2009) Texture and structural refinement using neutron diffraction data from molybdite (MoO3) and calcite (CaCO3) powders and a Ni-rich Ni50.7Ti49.30 alloy Powder Diffraction 24 315-326 | 2009 | synthetic | 0 | 293 | |
0000100 | Rhodochrosite | Graf D L (1961) Crystallographic tables for the rhombohedral carbonates American Mineralogist 46 1283-1316 | 1961 | 0 | 293 | ||
0009891 | Rhodochrosite | Maslen E N, Streltsov V A, Streltsova N R, Ishizawa N (1995) Electron density and optical anisotropy in rhombohedral carbonates. III. Synchrotron X-ray studies of CaCO3, MgCO3 and MnCO3 Acta Crystallographica B51 929-939 | 1995 | 0 | 293 | ||
0009892 | Rhodochrosite | Maslen E N, Streltsov V A, Streltsova N R, Ishizawa N (1995) Electron density and optical anisotropy in rhombohedral carbonates. III. Synchrotron X-ray studies of CaCO3, MgCO3 and MnCO3 Acta Crystallographica B51 929-939 | 1995 | 0 | 293 | ||
0020834 | Rhodochrosite | Effenberger H, Mereiter K, Zemann J (1981) Crystal structure refinements of magnesite, calcite, rhodochrosite, siderite, smithsonite, and dolomite, with discussion of some aspects of the stereochemistry of calcite type carbonates Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 156 233-243 | 1981 | Alicante, Spain | 0 | 293 | |
0018095 | Rhodochrosite | Wyckoff R (1920) The crystal structures of some carbonates of the calcite group _cod_database_code 1011228 American Journal of Science 50 317-360 | 1920 | 0 | 293 |
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Health Risks:
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Calcite-Rhodochrosite Series in petrology
An essential component of rock names highlighted in red, an accessory component in rock names highlighted in green.
- Igneous rock
- Sedimentary rock and sediment
- Sediment
- Sedimentary rock
- Clastic sedimentary rock
- Biochemical and chemical sedimentary rock
- Carbonate rock
- Limestone
- Ashford Black Marble
- Lime-mudstone
- Lime-wackestone
- Lime-packstone
- Lime-grainstone
- Lime-boundstone
- Lime-framestone
- Lime-pseudosparstone
- Lime-sparstone
- Lime-microsparstone
- Lime-microstone
- Ooid-limestone
- Pisoid-limestone
- Oncoid-limestone
- Microoncoid-limestone
- Peloid-limestone
- Shell-limestone
- Crinoid-limestone
- Tufa
- Chalk
- Mud-grade limestone
- Sand-grade limestone
- Gravel-grade limestone
- Kerogenic limestone
- Dolostone
- Magnesite-stone
- Pseudosparstone
- Sparstone
- Microsparstone
- Microstone
- Limestone
- Ironstone
- Carbonate rock
- Metamorphic rock
Internet Links for Calcite-Rhodochrosite Series
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