Material Index for the Spectroscopy Database

Material Index

Name	Formula	Classifications	Members	Image	Specimens	Lines	Spectra	Techniques	Tags
Boehmite	AlO(OH)	Minerals containing OH	—	Boehmite Böhmite crystals on natrolite, from Sagåsen (Strandåsen), Mørje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway Photo by Leon Hupperichs, CC-BY-SA 3.0	1	11	0	IR	Mineral, Hydroxide
Boltwoodite	(K,Na)(UO₂)(SiO₃OH)·1.5H₂O, (H₃O)(Na,K)(UO₂)SiO₄·(H₂O)	Minerals containing OH, Uranophane (group), Minerals containing H2O	—	Boltwoodite Boltwoodite on calcite, from Goanikontes Claim, Arandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0	0	5	0	PL	Hydroxide , Mineral, Silicate , Uranyl , Hydrated
Bonattite	Cu(SO₄)·3H₂O	Minerals containing SO4, Minerals containing H2O	—		2	0	0	—	Mineral, Hydrated , Sulphate
Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	Boracite (group)	—	Boracite Dodecahedron of boracite, from the type locality at Lüneburg Kalkberg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Size: 1.2 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0	0	1	0	PL/XL	Mineral, Halide , Borate
Borax	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	Minerals containing OH, Minerals containing H2O	—		0	1	0	PL	Hydroxide , Mineral, Hydrated , Borate
Borcarite	Ca₄MgB₄O₆(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	Minerals containing OH, Minerals containing CO3	—	Borcarite Borcarite with small white crystals of cahnite, from Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit (Huanggangliang Mine), Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0	0	4	0	PL/XL	Hydroxide , Mineral, Borate , Carbonate
Bornite	Cu₅FeS₄	—	—	Bornite A specimen of Bornite, from the Lavender Open Pit Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA. Size: 9.6 x 6.9 x 4.2 cm. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0	17	0	0	—	Mineral, Sulphide
Boron	B	—	—	Boron Polycrystalline chunks of rhombohedral β-boron, net 25.5 grams (C) 2013 James L. Marshall, University of North Texas. CC-BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.	1	2	1	SXES	Element , Metal
Boron nitride	BN	—	Qingsongite	Boron nitride Hexagonal boron nitride crystals Photo by NIMSoffice, Public Domain	2	46	3	CL/SEM, SXES	Synthetic , Compound, Boride , Nitride
Boulangerite	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	—	—		2	0	0	—	Mineral, Sulphide
Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	—	—		2	0	0	—	Mineral, Sulphide
Britholite-(Ce)	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	Minerals containing OH, Minerals containing SiO4	—		1	0	0	—	Hydroxide , Mineral , REE, Silicate
Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	Minerals containing OH, Minerals containing SO4	—	Brochantite Acicular crystals of pretty blue-green brochantite from Bingham, New Mexico, USA. Size: 2.7 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm. Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0	1	0	0	—	Mineral, Sulphate , Hydroxide
Bromargyrite	AgBr	—	—		0	1	0	IR	Mineral, Halide
Bromellite	BeO	—	—	Bromellite Agregate of large cm-size transparent, colourless and slightly yellowish crystals of bromellite cemented by white, granular, sugar-like phenakite masse and surrounded by crust of olive-green chrysoberyl. From the Malyshevskoe deposit, Izumrudnye Kopi area Photo by Pavel M. Kartashov (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA 3.0	0	2	0	PL/XL	Mineral, Simple oxide