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Ankerite vs Calcite - What's the difference?

ankerite | calcite |

As nouns the difference between ankerite and calcite

is that ankerite is (mineral) any of a group of mixed carbonate minerals, principally of calcium with iron, magnesium and manganese while calcite is (geology) a very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, caco3, found as limestone, chalk and marble.

ankerite

English

(wikipedia ankerite)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mineral) Any of a group of mixed carbonate minerals, principally of calcium with iron, magnesium and manganese.
  • * 1855 John William Dawson - Acadian geology
    • In this second excavation the red ore is more largely mixed with the micaceous specular variety, and also includes large rounded blocks of ankerite and angular fragments of rock.

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    English eponyms

    calcite

    English

    (wikipedia calcite)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) a very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found as limestone, chalk and marble

    • Derived terms

    * ferro-calcite * manganocalcite * plumbocalcite * silico-borocalcite