A carbonate compound formed as a secondary product or in a secondary reaction, or a specific type of carbonate in a chemical series.
From deuto- (from Greek deuteros, second) + carbonate. A chemistry term combining 'second' with carbonate compounds.
When ancient chemists reacted minerals, they'd get a primary product and secondary products, and they created names like this to catalog what happened at each stage of reactions.
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