Calcite changes to calcite-II and calcite-III at pressures of 1.5, and 2.2 GPa. Siderite undergoes a chemical change at 10 GPa at 1800K to form FeO. Dolomite decomposes 7GPa and below 1000 °C to yield aragonite and magnesite. However, there are forms of iron containing dolomite stable at higher pressures and temperatures. Over 130 GPa aragonite undergoes a transformation to a SP tetrahedrally connected carbon, in a covalent network in a C222 structure. Magnesite can survive 80 GPa, but with more than 100 GPa (as at a depth of 1800 km it changes to forms with three-member rings of CO tetrahedra (CO). If iron is present in this mineral, at these pressures it will convert to magnetite and diamond. Melted carbonates with SP carbon are predicted to be very viscous.
Some minerals that contain both silicate and carbonate exist, spurrite and tilleyite. But high-pressure forms have not been studied. There have been attempts to make silicon carbonate. Six coordinated silicates mixed with carbonate should not exist on Earth, but may exist on more massive planets.