title: Copper carbonate
text: # Copper carbonate
  
  Copper carbonate may refer to :
  
  ## Copper (II) compounds and minerals
  
  * Copper(II) carbonate proper, CuCO $_3$ (neutral copper carbonate): a rarely seen moisture-sensitive compound.
  * Basic copper carbonate (the "copper carbonate" of commerce), actually a copper carbonate hydroxide; which may be either
     * Cu $_2CO$ $_3(OH)_2:$ the green mineral malachite, verdigris, the pigment "green verditer" or "mountain green"
     * Cu $_3(CO$ $_3)_2(OH)_2:$ the blue mineral azurite, and the pigment "blue verditer" or "mountain blue"
     * Lapis armenus, a precious stone, a basic copper carbonate from Armenia
  * Marklite, a hydrated copper carbonate mineral
  