Mineral phase
- IMA name
- Spherocobaltite
- Secondary names
- Sphaerocobaltite; Cobaltocalcite; Cobalt carbonate; Co carbonate
- IMA Code
- Scbt
- Class
- non-silicate mineral
- Compound type
- carbonate
- Formula
- CoCO3
- Chemical formula
- CoCO3
- Elemental formula
- (Co2+) C O (O-)2
- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance
- Oxides
-
Formula CoO CO_{2} Mass fraction (%) 63.0 37.0
Strunz
- Class
- carbonates - nitrates (05)
- Division
- carbonates without additional anions, without H2O (05.A)
- Family
- Alkali-earth (and other M2+) carbonates (05.AB)
- Code
- 05.AB.05
Dana
- Major class
- carbonates, nitrates, borates (V)
- Class
- anhydrous carbonates (14)
- Type
- with simple formula A+CO3 (14.01)
- Group
- Calcite group (Trigonal: R-3c) (14.01.01)
- Code
- 14.01.01.05
- Phase type
- crystalline
- Crystal system
- trigonal
- Crystal class
- ditrigonal-scalenohedral
- Crystal class symbol
- -3m (D3d)
- Crystal spacegroup
- R-3c
- Molar mass
- 118.94 g/mol
- Density
- 4.13 (calc.: 4.21) g/cm^3
- State NTP
- solid
- Refringence type
- uniaxial
- Refringence sign
- negative
- Birefringence
- 0.255
- Refraction index n_o (w)
- 1.855
- Refraction index n_e (e)
- 1.6
- Pure color
- pink
- Color
- gray brown, pink, black, rose red
- Diaphaneity
- transparent to translucent
- Luster
- vitreous