PDF-4/MINERALS 2009 - Purchase

PDF-4/Minerals is a subset of PDF-4+, which includes all of the features incorporated into PDF-4+. The database content covers >95% of all classified mineral species as defined by Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species and the International Mineralogical Association. In addition to these classified mineral species, the database contains yet-to-be classified minerals, synthetics, interlayer and solid solution variants. Many common minerals have been characterized through temperature and pressure series. Overall, this results in an extensive database that contains data from four different database sources, containing 34,212 unique entries.

The data are annually peer reviewed by a task group of mineralogists. This task group assigns mineral groups and supergroups, classifications, and prototype structure types to assist users with identification and analysis. PDF-4/Minerals includes 10,305 mineral entries that have been added from the Linus Pauling File and NIST. There are 10,762 entries which include atomic coordinates, pattern simulations and molecular graphics, as described in the PDF-4+ product.