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CarbonatesCarbonates
Earth Materials J.D. Price
Aragonite CaCO3
Calcite CaCO3
Magnesite MgCO3
Rhodochrosite MnCO3
Siderite FeCO3
Dolomite CaMg (CO3)2
Ankerite CaFe(CO3)2
Malachite Cu2CO3(OH)2
Azurite Cu3(CO3)2
CarbonatesCarbonates
Tenorite + H2O
Cuprite + H2O
Copper + H2O
Azurite + H2O
Malachite + H2O
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3Cu2 CO3 (OH)2 Mal + CO2 gas = 2Cu3 (CO3)2 (OH)2 Az + H2O liq
GºTP - Gº = RT ln K = 2.303 RT log K
At s.s. GºTP =0 with T=298K,
log kº = -0.1750 Gº = 1/p CO2
Gºf Az = -1429.56 kJ/mol
Gºf Mal = -900.41 kJ/mol
Gºf H2O = -237.23 kJ/mol
Gºf CO2 = -394.37 kJ/mol
Gºrxn = -0.75 kJ/mol
log p CO2 = -0.13
We discussed this previously. Aragonite and calcite are polymorphs. Aragonite is the higher pressure configuration of CaCO3.
CaCO3CaCO3
Image from Klein and Hurlbut, 1985
CalciteCalcite
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DolomiteDolomite
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The substitution of Mg for Ca maintains the same structure. As a consequence, dolomite is also rhombohedral, has similar high birefringence and similar density.
Not so much effervescence in dilute, cold HCl
What’s the reaction?
Ca-MgCa-Mg
Solid solution is only permitted at high temperatures. At ambient conditions there is virtually no solid solution in the Ca-Mg carbonate system.
Image from Klein and Hurlbut, 1985
There is much more (but still limited) solid solution in the Ca-Fe carbonate system. And extensive solid solution in both CaMg-CaFe and Mg-Fe space.
Lines - coexisting compositions
Ca-Mg-FeCa-Mg-Fe
By now you know that minerals can be recorders of the processes that create and sustain them.
Carbonates - some powerful information
•Trace element incorporation (divalent cations, such as Sr in calcite)
•Isotopes of C and O (13C and 18O)
•These are influenced by temperature (directly or indirectly)
Because carbonate materials are incorporated into marine organisms, carbonate minerals may record ocean climate history.
DetailsDetails
18O is a stable isotope influenced by global ice content.
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Standard for carbonates is a belemenite fossil from the K Peedee formation, SC
18O/16O = 0.0020672
H2O16 vs. H2O18
For a volume of water, more 16O water evaporates relative than water with 18O.
Evaporated water from near the equator is eventually transported toward the poles through repeated evaporation and precipitation.
The 18O/16O ratio will be lower in the snow that falls on a glacier than it is in the ocean from which the water evaporated.
If global ice volume increase, the 18O values of seawater become larger as more 16O stored is locked away in ice.
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Analyzing the 18O/16O ratio of a dated carbonate mineral from a fossil or marine precipitate gives you an estimate of global ice - a proxy for two parameters
1.Global climate trends
2.Sea level
Carbonate originsCarbonate origins
Carbonate is abundant at the earth’s surface, but may be produced deeper in the earth where the activity of CO2 is elevated.
Igneous: Carbonatites - rare magmatic systems that produce carbonate materials
Hydrothermal: Alteration of mantle rocks and dissolution in aqueous fluids
Ground/surface water: Chemogenic precipitation, karst
Metamorphic: Recrystallization and metasomatism
Sedimentary: Biogenic and reworking of biogenic materials, clastic continental materials
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CarbonatitesCarbonatites
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Mt. Erebus, Antarctica - a very active carbonatite volcano
MEVO
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Critters make minerals
Aragonite and calcite
In general the oceans are nearly saturated in CaCO3
Ca2+ + HCO3- = CaCO3 + H+
Temperature is important (latitude, depth)
Biogenic SedimentsBiogenic SedimentsQuickTime™ and a
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Gastropoda and Pelecypoda,Cretaceous, New Jersey
Trilobite Ameura , Upper Pennsylvanian, Kansas
KGS Website
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CoralsCorals
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Corals are great limestone builders. They put a lot of time and energy into building skeletons made from aragonite
The coral polyp only inhabits the outer 1-2 cm of the structure. The rest is just a framework to increase reproduction and feeding
CoccolithsCoccoliths
Tiny plankton with calcareous shells. Abundant enough to live and die to make massive limestone deposits like Santa Elena Canyon, TX
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Carbonate producing organisms die, but their shells will only be preserved if they are deposited above 4 km depth
Ice cores trap gas and dust. Temperature from concentration of deuterium in ice.
375 CurrentAtmosphereCO2
Vostok, Antarctica Ice CoreVostok, Antarctica Ice Core
Feely et al., 2001 Feely et al., 2001
Increased atmospheric CO2 means big changes in ocean chemistry. This could be detrimental to much of marine life.
Feely et al., 2001 Feely et al., 2001
Carbon isotopes show the location of industrial CO2 in the worlds largest oceans. As we know ocean mixing is a slow process - the most recent excess CO2 remains in the first 1 km of the ocean.
Carbon isotopes show the location of industrial CO2 in the worlds largest oceans. As we know ocean mixing is a slow process - the most recent excess CO2 remains in the first 1 km of the ocean.
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DiagenesisDiagenesis
In sedimentary rocks, the individual particles need to be cemented together. Carbonate minerals precipitate out of water to cement grains.
Thin section under XP shows calcite overgrowth on micrite grains.
0.3mm©Ryan Hanson
Fragmented or whole aquatic invertebrate hard parts
Origin: Bodies of water with suitable environments
LimestoneLimestone
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Fossiliferous limestone - pore space colored blue
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Oolitic limestoneOolitic limestone
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Ooids form through growth and/or accumulation in dynamic carbonate environments.
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Brucite
Calcite
Dolomite
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Dolomite precipitationDolomite precipitation
Dolomite dominates older rocks and has decreased over time.
It only forms in special chemical environments.
Thermodynamically it should be the dominant phase in sea water.
The dolomite problem.
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SpeleothemsSpeleothems
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Fault in Wonder CaveFault in Wonder Cave
Pit Cave - Gregg Eckhardt Carbonates easily dissolve into water (rain water is slightly ascidic), Many limestone will dissolve into meteoric waters; and perhaps precipitate out at another location
The Edwards Aquifer is hosted in within an initially low-porosity limestone. Water has worked its way into cracks over last 1 million years
The Edwards Aquifer is hosted in within an initially low-porosity limestone. Water has worked its way into cracks over last 1 million years
Pucek Property, near San Antonio, TX
This is the largest water well in the world. When tapped, it blew out rocks the size of basketballs 20 feet into the air. Water flowed out at 25000 gallons each minute.
Not potable, but enough water to support about 250,000 people
So what’s the problem? It’s bad water.
The problem is that the Pucek well was draining the aquifer at a much more rapid rate than water could be replaced. If allowed to persist, the well would eventually tap the sweet water and lower San Antonio’s supplies beyond use.
Reprecipitation of carbonates occurs, particularly if energy conditions, composition, or pH of the water changes.
Travertine
Tuffa
Univ. of North Carolina Web atlas of metamorphic textures
Marble
Conditions: low to moderate P & T
Minerals: calcite or dolomite (carbonates)
Origin: biogenic (limestone or dolostone)