ERS - Department of Earth Sciences

Mineralogy


Mineral Databases

Athena: Mineralogy; Pierre Perroud
Web Minerals: Mineralogy Database (David Barthelmy)
Mineral Gallery - The Physical Properties of Minerals
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Mineral Structures (Joseph R. Smyth)
Crystallographic Database for Minerals
UCLA Petrographic Workshop Database


Optical Mineralogy

Optical Mineralogy (Greg Finn)
Molecular Expressions: Images from the Microscope
SME--Virtual Altas of Opaque and Ore Minerals
Microscopy and minerals images
Index Measurement
Michel-Levy Chart
Polarization and Optical Mineralogy
Identification Table for Common Minerals in Thin Section


Minerals in Hand Specimen

Mineral Identification Project
Mohs Scale of Relative Mineral Hardness
Mineral Identification Key
Mineral Gallery - The Physical Properties of Minerals
MSA - Mineral Identification


Crystallography

Making Matter: Atomic structure of materials
(IUCr) Close-Packed Structures
Polymorf - Knowhere1


General Information

Links for Mineralogists
Mineralogy, Crystallography and Rocks
Selected Optical Mineralogy Links


Mineral Gallery

Ken's Fluorescent Minerals
Gallery of Mineral Photoraphs (John Betts)
Smithsonian Institution - Photo Galleries
Franklin & Sterling Hill Minerals
Minerals of Scotland