6 C Carbon nonmetal

Carbon

Atomic number 6
Symbol C
Category Nonmetal
Crystal system Hexagonal
23 minerals in the collection
Discovered : Known since antiquity as charcoal and diamond.
Found in : Diamond, graphite, coal, organic compounds.
Used for : Pencils, carbon paper (papier carbone), steel, semiconductors, radiocarbon dating.
Remarkable : The only element forming two completely opposite minerals: graphite, one of the softest substances known, and diamond, the hardest natural substance. Carbon-14 allows dating of organic materials up to 50,000 years old.

Minerals containing Carbon

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Purple cyclic twin aragonite crystal from Spain with a clean reflection.
Aragonite
Clear calcite crystal group standing on metallic gray arsenopyrite from Kosovo.
Arsenopyrite with Calcite and Quartz
Translucent yellow calcite crystals from China on a dark matrix.
Calcite
Calcite (“Phantom” Crystals) on Mottramite
Calcite (“Phantom” Crystals) on Mottramite
Calcite (twinned)
Calcite (twinned)
Calcite on Fluorite
Calcite on Fluorite
Calcite on Fluorite
Calcite on Fluorite
Calcite on Fluorite
Calcite on Fluorite
Calcite on Fluorite
Calcite on Fluorite
Chalcopyrite, Calcite & Dolomite
Chalcopyrite, Calcite & Dolomite
Dolomite
Dolomite
Emerald on Calcite
Emerald on Calcite
Fluorite with Calcite and Barite inclusion
Fluorite with Calcite and Barite inclusion
Galena, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite & Calcite
Galena, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite & Calcite
Hausmannite on Manganite & Calcite
Hausmannite on Manganite & Calcite
Quartz (iron-coated) with Dolomite and Calcite
Quartz (iron-coated) with Dolomite and Calcite
Rhodochrosite on Quartz
Rhodochrosite on Quartz
Rosasite
Rosasite
Scapolite
Scapolite
Siderite
Siderite
Sphalerite on Calcite
Sphalerite on Calcite
Sulfur on Aragonite
Sulfur on Aragonite
Wulfenite Pseudocubic, Mimetite & Calcite
Wulfenite Pseudocubic, Mimetite & Calcite