COBALT CARBONATE
Cobalt carbonate Cobalt carbonate is the inorganic compound with the formula CoCO3. This reddish paramagnetic solid is an intermediate in the hydrometallurgical purification of cobalt from its ores, as an inorganic pigment, and as a precursor to catalysts. Commercially available pale violet basic cobalt carbonate has the formula CoCO3(Co(OH)x(H2O)y(CAS 12069-68-0). Cobalt carbonate occurs as the mineral spherocobaltite, which occurs as pink/red triangular crystals with a specific gravity of 4.13g/cm3.
