thumb|Calcite crystals from the Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, [[Reynolds County, Missouri; ]]

Carbonate minerals are those minerals containing the carbonate ion, .

Carbonate divisions

Anhydrous carbonates

thumb|[[Rhodochrosite, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado; ]]

thumb|[[Smithsonite, Silver Bill Mine, Dragoon Mts, Cochise County, Arizona; ]]

  • Calcite group: trigonal
  • Calcite CaCO<sub>3</sub>
  • Gaspéite (Ni,Mg,Fe<sup>2+</sup>)CO<sub>3</sub>
  • Magnesite MgCO<sub>3</sub>
  • Otavite CdCO<sub>3</sub>
  • Rhodochrosite MnCO<sub>3</sub>
  • Siderite FeCO<sub>3</sub>
  • Smithsonite ZnCO<sub>3</sub>
  • Spherocobaltite CoCO<sub>3</sub>
  • Aragonite group: orthorhombic
  • Aragonite CaCO<sub>3</sub>
  • Cerussite PbCO<sub>3</sub>
  • Strontianite SrCO<sub>3</sub>
  • Witherite BaCO<sub>3</sub>
  • Rutherfordine UO<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>
  • Natrite Na<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>

Anhydrous carbonates with compound formulas

thumb|Dolomite with calcite and chalcopyrite from the Picher Field, [[Tri-State district, Cherokee County, Kansas; ]]

  • Dolomite group: trigonal
  • Ankerite CaFe(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>
  • Dolomite CaMg(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>
  • Huntite Mg<sub>3</sub>Ca(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>4</sub>
  • Minrecordite CaZn(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>
  • Barytocalcite BaCa(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>

Carbonates with hydroxyl or halogen

thumb|Azurite and malachite, Beaver Dam Mts, [[Washington County, Utah; ]]

  • Carbonate with hydroxide: monoclinic
  • Azurite Cu<sub>3</sub>(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub>
  • Hydrocerussite Pb<sub>3</sub>(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub>
  • Malachite Cu<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub>
  • Rosasite (Cu,Zn)<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub>
  • Phosgenite Pb<sub>2</sub>(CO<sub>3</sub>)Cl<sub>2</sub>
  • Hydrozincite Zn<sub>5</sub>(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(OH)<sub>6</sub>
  • Aurichalcite (Zn,Cu)<sub>5</sub>(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(OH)<sub>6</sub>

Hydrated carbonates

  • Hydromagnesite Mg<sub>5</sub>(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>4</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub>.4H<sub>2</sub>O
  • Ikaite CaCO<sub>3</sub>·6(H<sub>2</sub>O)
  • Lansfordite MgCO<sub>3</sub>·5(H<sub>2</sub>O)
  • Monohydrocalcite CaCO<sub>3</sub>·H<sub>2</sub>O
  • Natron Na<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>·10(H<sub>2</sub>O)
  • Zellerite Ca(UO<sub>2</sub>)(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>·5(H<sub>2</sub>O)

The carbonate class in both the Dana and the Strunz classification systems include the nitrates.

Nickel–Strunz classification -05- carbonates

thumb|[[Hanksite, Na<sub>22</sub>K(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>9</sub>(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>Cl, one of the few minerals that is considered a carbonate and a sulfate]]

thumb|[[Optical mineralogy|Photomicrographs of a thin section containing carbonate vein in mica rich rock. In cross-polarized light on left, plane-polarized light on right.]]

IMA-CNMNC proposes a new hierarchical scheme (Mills et al., 2009). This list uses the classification of Nickel–Strunz (mindat.org, 10 ed, pending publication).