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 Mineral Name

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**410 Minerals containing Carbon (C) sorted by Mineral Name**
% C	Mineral Name	Chemical Formula	MW
4.62 % C	Zellerite	Ca(UO2)(CO3)2·5(H2O)	520.20
11.06 % C	Zemkorite	(Na,K)2Ca(CO3)2	217.22
14.59 % C	Zhemchuzhnikovite	NaMg(Al,Fe+++)(C2O4)3·8(H2O)	494.00
5.87 % C	Zhonghuacerite-(Ce)	Ba2Ce(CO3)3F	613.84
5.38 % C	Zincrosasite #	(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2	223.42
0.36 % C	Zirsilite-(Ce) !	(Na,[ ])12(Ce, Na)3Ca6Mn3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(OH)3(CO3)·H2O	3,310.41
0.70 % C	Zn-Schulenbergite !	(Zn,Cu)7(SO4,CO3)2(OH)10·3(H2O)	852.26
2.22 % C	Znucalite	CaZn11(UO2)(CO3)3(OH)20·4(H2O)	1,621.63
3.60 % C	Zugshunstite-(Ce) !	(Ce,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O)	667.51

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