1) Iron mineral
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Ankerite is a calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese carbonate mineral of the group of rhombohedral carbonates with formula: Ca(Fe,Mg,Mn)(CO3)2. In composition it is closely related to dolomite, but differs from this in having magnesium replaced by varying amounts of iron(II) and manganese. Forms series with dolomite and kutnohorite. The crystallogra...
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• (n.) A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron.
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An'ker·ite noun [ So called from Prof.
Anker of Austria: confer French
ankérite , German
ankerit .]
(Min.) A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron.
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Ankerite is a mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron. Ankerite was first identified in Styria, Austria and was confirmed as a distinct species in 1825. It is named after mineralogist Professor Mathias Anker of Austria.
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(Calcium Iron Magnesium Manganese Carbonate) Ankerite is named after Professor M. J. Anker, an Austrian mineralogist. Ankerite's formula is often written as CaFe(CO
3)
2 ; but there is actually a significant amount of magnesium amd manganese substitution for the iron and so the formu...
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a carbonate mineral related to dolomite but with iron replacing part of the magnesium.
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