
Carbonate minerals are thoseminerals containing thecarbonateion,CO2−
3.




The carbonate class in both theDana and theStrunz classification systems include the nitrates.[1][2]

IMA-CNMNC proposes a new hierarchical scheme (Mills et al., 2009).[3] This list uses theclassification of Nickel–Strunz (mindat.org, 10 ed, pending publication).[2]