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Yes. Dolomite is calcium magnesium carbonate.
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Is calcite a silicate?
No, because in order to be a silicate a mineral needs to have both silicon and oxygen. The composition for calcite is CaCO3. Calcite is a carbonate mineral.
What is the common name for calcium carbonate?
The common name of Calcium carbonate may be Chalk, but chemically that's not true, if it is the blackboard writing chalk. This chalk is actually Calcium sulfate, which is mistaken as Calcium carbonate, as its manufacturing process uses Calcium carbonate.So, I think the common name for chalk should be Limestone, which is the most common mineral form of this compound.
Is marble a metal or non metal?
Marble is a stone.Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals
Why the elements magnesium and calcium have simial properties?
As they are both in Group II of the periodic table, they both have 2 outer shell electrons. It is these electrons that react, so having the same number gives these two elements similar properties. Also, they are next to each other, so their sizes are very similar. This helps them to exchange with each other within minerals, such as dolomite.
Why might you expect magnesium carbonate to behave in a similar way to calcium carbonate?
They are both group 2 elements, separated by only one period.
Are Calcite and dolomite carbonate minerals?
Yes, both calcite and dolomite are carbonates.
What two ores contain the same element?
Many minerals have these properties. Calcium for example is contained in both Limestone and in Dolomite. Indeed, calcium carbonate occurs in two forms - as Aragonite, and as Calcite. Iron is contained in both Hematite and in Iron Pyrites.
How are halite and calcite alike?
Both calcite and halite are evaporate minerals.
How is gold and limestone different and alike?
A conglomerate and a limestone both are sedimentary rocks.
Is calcite a silicate?
No, because in order to be a silicate a mineral needs to have both silicon and oxygen. The composition for calcite is CaCO3. Calcite is a carbonate mineral.
What type of crystal is formed by calcium carbonate?
In laboratory only one form; in the nature many minerals has the formula CaCO3. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_carbonate and http://www.webmineral.com/cgi-bin/search/search.pl.
What is the difference between calcite and limestone?
I think you have it confused, dolomite and limestones are not the same thing:Limestone is composed of calcite or calcium carbonate, CaCO3, and dolostone is composed of dolomite or calcium magnesium carbonate, Ca,Mg(CO3).Okla gave the chemical formula for ankerite, which is in the dolomite group.In the field dolostone and limestone are difficult to tell apart (but there crystals are fairly diagnostic)...one way is to drop some HCl on them. Limestone will fizz (effervesce) and dolostone will not...UNLESS it is powdered...then it will fizz.Source(s):Manual of Mineralogy (after J.D. Dana), 19th ed., 1977, Hurlbut and Klein.Now it can happen and find them both combined in what it's called Dolomitic limestone, which is more or less 50/50 mixture of calcite and dolomite minerals.as for carboniferous limestone, limestone is a very abundant formation, it's not exclusive to one era or one location and it can be very variant from one place to another, you have to be more specific about where this carboniferous limestone is located!
Total dolomite chemical reactions with iron?
It seems unlikely that dolomite would react with iron to any significant degree. Dolomite is calcium magnesium carbonate; both calcium and magnesium are higher on the activity series than iron.
What do quartz pyroxene olivine calcite have in common?
Both minerals have a vitreous luster, a white streak, and contain oxygen.
What is a pearl chemically?
Answer A pearl is primarily composed of aragonite and calcite (both calcium carbonate polymorphs CaCO3) and water.
How is calcite different from aragonite?
Chemically the same, calcite and aragonite have different crystal latticeworks, thus their crystals have a different appearance and have different crystal classifications, making them both independently recognized minerals.
Carbonate minerals contain?
Some minerals contain carbon, such as graphite and diamonds, however while they both contain carbon, the diamonds density is far greater.
