Mineral database
This mineral database was the first full mineral database on the Internet. In the 1980s I was at the Department of Mineralogy of Geneva Natural History Museum and the secretary accepted to type - during months! - an important part of the mineral database, in 1986-1987. So many formulas! In 1994 when the first popular Web browser (Mosaic, you remember?) appeared I decided to display the database as a contribution to the rising Internet. It was a time of enthusiasm; the Internet was almost blank. Jean-François Rossignol, Geneva University, created the search programs. Data come from subscribed journals (paper or electronic). The H. Strunz classification is used with the author's written permission.
README
- How to use this mineral database.MINERAL LISTS
- Alphabetical list of minerals with formula and system and ans systematic lists of minerals arranged according to H. Strunz (1910-2006), updated.MINERAL SEARCH
- Search database for mineral names. Mineral groups.
- Bolean search database for given elements in formula.
- Search database for groups
- Search database for type locality.
MINERAL PICTURES
- Mostly uncommon minerals (See also: opaque minerals at unige).