Mineral Databases
Minerals
PERIODIC TABLE: ROCK AND MINERAL NAME PERIODIC TABLE OF
ELEMENTS REFERENCE (KD'S DATABASE) - A. Koppers (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) &
Roger Nielsen (Oregon State University), & Hosted by EarthRef.org
"...contains partition coefficient data for
all types of rocks and minerals and for every element..."
For more information see
EarthRef Databases;
EarthRef.org or
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
MINERALOGY DATABASES - D. Barthelmy
Multimedia Databases (Text & Images).
"This mineral database contains more than 5,000 web pages of mineral data.
There are 4,205 individual mineral species descriptions with links..."
Examples of Database online include
THE MINERAL GALLERY - Amethyst Galleries, Inc
Multimedia Databases (Text & Images).
"The Mineral Gallery is a constantly growing collection of mineral descriptions and images
together with several ways of accessing these descriptions."
Examples of Databases include
ATHENA MINERALOLOGY - Genève (Geneva), Suisse (Switzerland)
Multimedia Databases (Text & Images).
For more information see
Athena
Examples of Databases include
BANCROFT MINERAL COLLECTION - Department of Geological Sciences,
University of California, Santa Barbara
Multimedia Database (Text & Images.
"...provides a wealth of information on the collection's 67 minerals, including others
currently not on display. The information includes a narrative description of
the mineral, its complete chemical and physical properties,..."
For more information see
Educational Outreach or the
Department of Geological Sciences
BILBAO CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SERVER - Laboratorio de Materiales (LAMA),
Universidad del País Vasco (EPV), Spain
Multimedia Databases (Text & Images).
Databases include: Table of space group symbols;
Space Group Representations; Group-Subgroup Relations;
Solid State Applications; & ICSDB.
For more information see the
Laboratorio de Materiales
CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC DATABASE FOR MINERALS - WWW-MINCRYST - A.V. Chichagov & D.A. Varlamov
and supported by the Russian Foundation of Basic Research, Russia
For more information see the
WWW-MINCRYST Home Page or the
Russian Foundation of Basic Research
WEBMINERAL: ATLAS MINÉRALOGIQUE - BRGM avec l'aide du Ministère
de l'Education Nationale de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche et le concours
du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Paris, France
Multimedia Database (Text & Images).
VIRTUAL ATLAS OF OPAQUE AND ORE MINERALS - R.A. Ixer & P.R. Duller,
Department of Geological Sciences, Birmingham University, England and
sponsored by Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME)
Multimedia Database (Text & Images).
"Online atlas with 400 photomicrographs."
For more information see the
Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME)
ATLAS OF ZEOLITE FRAMWORK TYPES & STRUCTURE TYPES - Structure Commission,
International Zeolite Association (IZA-SC), Switzerland
Multimedia Database (Text & Images).
"All materials for which structure type codes have been assigned are
included in these Atlas pages. Codes are only assigned to
established structures which satisfy the rules of the IZA Structure Commission"
For more information see the
International Zeolite Association (IZA-SC)
Minerals in Thin Section
Mineral Spectroscopy
Mineral Structure
MINERAL WEB: 3-D DISPLAY OF MINERAL STRUCTURES (CHIME) - A.R. Lennie,
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.
Includes: Silicates, Non-Silicates & Crystallography.
For more information see
Department of Earth Sciences
MINERAL STRUCTURE DATABASE - J. Smyth, Mineral Structures Laboratory,
Department of Geological Sciences, Univesity of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
For more information see
Geology 3010 - Mineralogy;
Joe Smyth's Home Page or
Department of Geological Sciences
Minerals: Courses & Tutorials
Applets, Calculators & Simulations
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