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Mineralogy Database Search Webmineral : Home Crystal jmol jPOWD Chem X Ray Dana Strunz Properties A to Z Images News Help About Info: Mineral Definition What's New Advertising Search Links Webmaster JAVA Crystals HELP Babelfish Translation: Français Español Italiano Deutschen Portuguêses 日本語 한국어 汉语 Help Index: Axial Ratios Borax Bead Chem Form Cleavage Color Chem Crystal System Crystal Form Dana Class Density Diaphaniety Dichroism Emperical form Environments Fermion Flame Tests Tenacity & Fracture Gladstone-Dale Habits IMA status Hardness JCrystal jmol Applet jPOWD Applet Locality Luminescence Luster Magnetic Name Origins Pronunciation Optical Phosphate Bead Pleochroism Radioactivity References Reflectivity (RL) (RL) Anisotrophism (RL) Bireflectance (RL) Color (RL) Pleochroism See Also Streak Strunz Synonyms Unit Cells What's New X-Ray The Mineralogy Database was last updated on 12/31/2009 and it contains 4,714 individual mineral species descriptions with links and a comprehensive image library. Visit the "What's New" section for details. Each mineral has a page linked to tables devoted to crystallography, crystal structures, X-Ray powder diffraction, chemical composition, physical and optical properties, Dana's New classification, Strunz classification, mineral specimen images, and alphabetical listings of mineral species. There also are extensive links to other external sources of mineral data and information. Random Images from 3,700 Minerals Plumbophyllite © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix Eosphorite © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix Galenobismutite © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species Sabieite © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag Site usage notes: Mineral Images Mineral picture image gallery. php/MySQL database. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z What is a Mineral ? Selected mineral definitions spanning the last century defining the mineral kingdom as matter other than that of the plant or animal kingdom. Crystallography This section contains tutorials on the 36 crystal classes. Along with this information are links to tables of each class with all the minerals in that class. Printer-ready PDF files of paper crystal models (assembly required) of the crystal classes can be found here. 3D Crystal models of minerals use JAVA applets from KrystalShaper that can be viewed in a browser window. The rotating form on your left is an actual java applet and not an animated GIF image. If the model is not visible then install JAVA on your PC. Crystal Structures Mineral species and other structures with crystal structure data using the jPOWD applet. The jmol version is located here. X-Ray Powder Diffraction Mineral species searchable by D1, D2, and D3 diffraction spacing. Chemical Composition Mineral species by chemical elements selectable from a periodic table. Two options are provided: 1) Sorted by %, 2) Sorted by mineral name. New Dana Classification Mineral species by New Dana system. Strunz Classification Mineral species by new Nickel-Strunz system (courtesy of Jim Ferraiolo). Determinative Mineralogy Mineral species by physical and optical properties and by calculated radioactivity. Alphabetical Listing Mineral species listings. The listings include synonyms, quick links to pronunciation, images, and java crystal forms, name origin, and chemical formula. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y X Z All Help Topics Extensive help files that explain mineralogical terms and other features used in webmineral.com including help on Mineral Name Pronunciations and Radioactivity Other Links Links to other sites with mineral data. Alternate Search using Google Web webmineral.com Today is Friday, 15-Jun-2012 08:56:01 CDT User Tip #4 Many short-cut features are offered on alphabetical (A to Z) index of mineral species. This: Icon links a Java crystal form for the mineral, created with the program JCrystal, which can be manipulated and rotated. 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