Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Hatrurim Junction (road no. 31)
- Hatrurim Basin
- Tamar Regional Council
- Beersheba Subdistrict
- Southern District
- Israel
31.2019°, 35.2615°
1recorded occurrences
Crystallography
- Space group
- R-3c
- Cell parameters
- a = 5.7646(1) Å · c = 49.409(1) Å
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Carbocalumiet
- IMA2021-106
In other languages
- German
- Carbocalumit · IMA 2021-106
- Italian
- Carbocalumite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.FL.100
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.FHydroxides (without V or U)Division
- 4.FLHydroxides with H2O +- (OH); sheets of edge-sharing octahedraGroup
- 4.FL.100CarbocalumiteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
- AkopovaiteAl4Li2(OH)12(CO3)(H2O)3Mineral—
- AmoraiteCa12Al6(OH)36(CO3)2(SO3)·15H2OMineral—
BrugnatelliteMg6Fe3+(CO3)(OH)13 · 4H2OMineral—- CoalingiteMg10Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)24 · 2H2OMineral—
DritsiteLi2Al4(OH)12Cl2 · 3H2OMineral—
Marioantofilliite[Cu4Al2(OH)12](CO3)·3H2OMineral—
MuskoxiteMg7Fe3+4(OH)26 · H2O (?)Mineral—- PoellmanniteCa6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6](SO4)2 · 6H2OMineral—
RotemiteCa4Cr2(OH)12Cl2·4H2OMineral—
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2022(2022) Carbocalumite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
- 2022Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 66. European Journal of Mineralogy, 34 (2) 253-257 doi:10.5194/ejm-34-253-2022 DOI: 10.5194/ejm-34-253-2022
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Carbocalumite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/carbocalumite-55959},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}