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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
http://www.geo.arizona.edu/AMS/amcsd.php
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This site is an interface to a crystal structure database that includes every structure published in the American Mineralogist, the Canadian Mineralogist, and the European Journal of Mineralogy. The database is maintained under the care of the Mineralogical Society of America and the Mineralogical Association of Canada, and financed by the National Science Foundation. The site is searchable by mineral, author, chemistry, or cell parameters and symmetry.
Intended for grade levels:
  • College (15-16)
  • Graduate / Professional
Type of resource:
  • Dataset:
    • In-situ
Subject:
  • Geological Sciences:
    • Geochemistry
    • Mineralogy or petrology
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
All contents copyright. All rights reserved.
DLESE Catalog ID: SERC-NAGT-000-000-000-700
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Contact: Robert T. Downs
Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona