Mineral Species containing Carbon (C)

Element Properties, Isotopic Compositions for Carbon

**Carbon (C) Element Properties**
Atomic Mass	12.011
Atomic Number	6
Name Origins	Latin, carbo = "charcoal."
Year Discovered	Prehistoric
Discovery Credits	Known to prehistoric humans.
Remarks	Present as 4 allotropes. Used as coke (steel making), carbon black (printing), and activated charcoal (sugar refining, etc.). The radioactive isotope, C¹⁴, is produced in the atmosphere by cosmic ray bombardment of N¹⁴ and is not found in carbon-bearing minerals derived from atmospheric CO₂ older than 70,000 years. Diagnostic tests: As the carbonate (CO₃^2-), effloresces in dilute HCl with the evolution of colorless and odorless CO₂ gas. As the hydrocarbon, burns in air or O₂. As the element, carbon can be identified from physical properties (diamond, graphite). You can burn a diamond or graphite with difficulty by heating it to red heat in an O₂ atmosphere where it will leave none or very little residue.
References	Emsley, J., 1991; THE ELEMENTS : Sec. Ed., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 251 p.
See Also	WebElements, ChemiCool

**Naturally Occurring Isotopes**
Symbol	Isotope Mass	Isotope Nuclide Number	Isotope Number	Natural Abundance	Half-life	Half-life Units	Decay Mode	Decay Mode MeV	Decay Mode %
C	11.011450	11	6	0%	20.3	Minutes	b-	1.982	100%
C	12.000000	12	6	98.9%	Stable
C	13.003355	13	6	1.1%	Stable
C	14.003241	14	6	0.0001%	5730	Years	b-	0.0156	100%

Carbon (C) Minerals sorted by Descending Weight Percent

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**410 Minerals containing Carbon (C) sorted by Descending Weight Percent**
% C	Mineral Name	Chemical Formula	MW
100.00 % C	Fullerite !	C60	720.66
100.00 % C	Lonsdaleite	C	12.01
100.00 % C	Chaoite	C	12.01
100.00 % C	Graphite #	C	12.01
100.00 % C	Diamond #	C	12.01
95.97 % C	Karpatite #	C24H12	300.36
94.93 % C	Idrialite #	C22H14	278.35
94.34 % C	Ravatite	C14H10	178.23
93.94 % C	Kratochvilite #	(C6H4)2CH2	166.22
90.42 % C	Simonellite #	C19H24	252.40
87.52 % C	Hartite !	C20H34	274.49
86.94 % C	Fichtelite #	C19H34	262.48
86.88 % C	Dinite *	C20H36	276.51
85.12 % C	Evenkite #	(CH3)2(CH2)22	338.66
80.76 % C	Hoelite #	(C6H4)2(CO)2	208.22
79.94 % C	Amber *	[C,H,O]	180.29
78.90 % C	Refikite #	C19H31COOH	304.47
71.70 % C	Abelsonite	Ni++C31H32N4	519.31
65.31 % C	Kladnoite #	C6H4(CO)2NH	147.13
63.12 % C	Flagstaffite #	C10H22O3	190.28
40.67 % C	Acetamide	CO(CH3)(NH2)	59.07
39.74 % C	Guanine #	C5H3(NH2)N4O	151.13
35.72 % C	Uricite #	C5H4N4O3	168.11
34.89 % C	Tinnunculite *	C10H12N6O8 (?)	344.24
29.96 % C	Moissanite #	SiC	40.10
27.85 % C	Dashkovaite !	Mg(HCOO)2·2(H2O)	172.49
26.97 % C	Mellite #	Al2[C6(COO)6]·16(H2O)	534.47
25.26 % C	Earlandite #	Ca3(C6H5O7)·4(H2O)	570.50
23.92 % C	Hoganite !	Cu(CH3COO)2·H2O	201.35
21.45 % C	Paceite !	CaCu(CH3COO)4·6(H2O)	447.89
20.00 % C	Urea	CO(NH2)2	60.06
19.50 % C	Khamrabaevite	(Ti,V,Fe)C	61.61
18.46 % C	Formicaite !	Ca(HCOO)2	130.11
17.93 % C	Natroxalate !	Na2C2O4	134.00
17.06 % C	Kafehydrocyanite *	K4Fe++(CN)6·3(H2O)	422.39
16.90 % C	Oxammite #	(NH4)2(C2O4)·(H2O)	142.11
16.44 % C	Whewellite #	Ca(C2O4)·(H2O)	146.11
16.25 % C	Zabuyelite	Li2CO3	73.89
16.19 % C	Glushinskite	Mg(C2O4)·2(H2O)	148.36
15.70 % C	Methane hydrate-H !	34(H2O)·3(S)·2(M)·1(L)	764.88
15.19 % C	Teschemacherite #	(NH4)HCO3	79.06
14.96 % C	Moolooite	Cu++(C2O4)·n(H2O) (n < 1)	160.57
14.94 % C	Wheatleyite	Na2Cu(C2O4)2·2(H2O)	321.60
14.67 % C	Minguzzite #	K3Fe+++(C2O4)3·3(H2O)	491.25
14.64 % C	Weddellite #	Ca(C2O4)·2(H2O)	164.13
14.59 % C	Zhemchuzhnikovite	NaMg(Al,Fe+++)(C2O4)3·8(H2O)	494.00
14.30 % C	Nahcolite #	NaHCO3	84.01
14.25 % C	Magnesite #	MgCO3	84.31
13.85 % C	Stepanovite #	NaMgFe+++(C2O4)3·8-9(H2O)	520.33
13.61 % C	Huntite #	CaMg3(CO3)4	353.03
13.42 % C	Wegscheiderite	Na5(CO3)(HCO3)3	358.01
13.35 % C	Humboldtine #	Fe++(C2O4)·2(H2O)	179.90
13.34 % C	Tongbaite	Cr3C2	180.01
13.19 % C	Caoxite !	Ca(C2O4)·3(H2O)	182.14
13.04 % C	Methane hydrate-II !	136(H2O)·16(S)·8(L)	2,947.32
13.03 % C	Dolomite #	CaMg(CO3)2	184.40
12.62 % C	Eitelite #	Na2Mg(CO3)2	190.30
12.56 % C	Lindbergite !	Mn(C2O4)·2(H2O)	185.59
12.00 % C	Calcite #	CaCO3	100.09
12.00 % C	Vaterite #	CaCO3	100.09
12.00 % C	Aragonite #	CaCO3	100.09
12.00 % C	Kalicinite #	KHCO3	100.12
11.94 % C	Sergeevite	Ca2Mg11(CO3)9(HCO3)4(OH)4·6(H2O)	1,307.78
11.77 % C	Shortite #	Na2Ca2(CO3)3	306.16
11.66 % C	Kutnohorite #	Ca(Mn,Mg,Fe++)(CO3)2	205.94
11.66 % C	Natrofairchildite	Na2Ca(CO3)2	206.08
11.66 % C	Nyerereite	Na2Ca(CO3)2	206.08
11.64 % C	Ankerite #	Ca(Fe++,Mg,Mn)(CO3)2	206.39
11.33 % C	Natrite	Na2CO3	105.99
11.11 % C	Gaspeite	(Ni,Mg,Fe++)CO3	108.10
11.08 % C	Tsaregorodtsevite	N(CH3)4AlSi5O12	433.55
11.06 % C	Zemkorite	(Na,K)2Ca(CO3)2	217.22
10.75 % C	IMA2009-019	NaLa2(CO3)2[(CO3)1-xF2x]F	390.93
10.65 % C	Minrecordite	CaZn(CO3)2	225.49
10.63 % C	Trona #	Na3(CO3)(HCO3)·2(H2O)	226.03
10.45 % C	Rhodochrosite #	MnCO3	114.95
10.44 % C	Gregoryite	(Na2,K2,Ca)CO3	115.06
10.41 % C	Juangodoyite !	Na2Cu(CO3)2	229.51
10.37 % C	Siderite #	Fe++CO3	115.86
10.35 % C	Rouvilleite	Na3Ca2(CO3)3F	348.15
10.27 % C	Hydromagnesite #	Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4(H2O)	467.64
10.17 % C	Monohydrocalcite	CaCO3·(H2O)	118.10
10.10 % C	Sphaerocobaltite #	CoCO3	118.94
10.08 % C	Butschliite #	K2Ca(CO3)2	238.29
10.08 % C	Fairchildite #	K2Ca(CO3)2	238.29
10.06 % C	Calcioburbankite	Na3(Ca,REE,Sr)3(CO3)5	597.04
10.04 % C	Methane hydrate-I !	46(H2O)·2(S)·6(L)	957.04
9.98 % C	Julienite *	Na2Co++(SCN)4·8(H2O)	481.37
9.98 % C	Barringtonite	MgCO3·2(H2O)	120.34
9.92 % C	Pirssonite #	Na2Ca(CO3)2·2(H2O)	242.11
9.89 % C	Giorgiosite #	Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5(H2O)	485.65
9.89 % C	Dypingite	Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5(H2O)	485.65
9.82 % C	Remondite-(Ce)	Na3(Ce,La,Ca,Na,Sr)3(CO3)5	611.79
9.80 % C	Khanneshite	(NaCa)3(Ba,Sr,Ce,Ca)3(CO3)5	613.02
9.69 % C	Thermonatrite #	Na2CO3·(H2O)	124.00
9.66 % C	Northupite #	Na3Mg(CO3)2Cl	248.75
9.61 % C	Remondite-(La) !	Na3(La,Ce,Ca)3(CO3)5	624.98
9.58 % C	Smithsonite #	ZnCO3	125.40
9.50 % C	Barentsite	Na7AlH2(CO3)4F4	505.96
9.19 % C	Shomiokite-(Y)	Na3Y(CO3)3·3(H2O)	391.95

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