Material Index for the Spectroscopy Database

Material Index

Name	Formula	Classifications	Members	Image	Specimens	Lines	Spectra	Techniques	Tags
Monazite-(Ce)	(Ce,Th)PO₄, (Ce,Ca)PO₄, CePO₄	REE phosphate, Minerals containing PO4, Monazite	—	Monazite-(Ce) Monazite-(Ce) specimen from Norway Photo by Penland, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History	9	115	11	CL, EDS, PL/Laser	Phosphate , Mineral , REE, Orthophosphate
Montebrasite	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	Amblygonite (group), Minerals containing OH, Minerals containing PO4	—	Montebrasite Montebrasite specimen from Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Specimen is from the inventory of Milton Sklar 1972. Scale bar indicates 1 inch and 1 cm Photob by Rock Currier (on wikimedia.org), CC-BY 3.0	4	12	4	Reflectance	Mineral, Orthophosphate , Phosphate , Hydroxide
Monticellite	CaMgSiO₄	Minerals containing SiO4, Olivine	—	Monticellite Sharp, freestanding monticellite crystals on semilustrous brown vesuvianite (idocrase) crystals, from Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., CA, USA Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0	0	3	0	CL/OM, Unknown	Mineral, Silicate
Montmorillonite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O, (Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg,Fe)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	Smectite (group), Minerals containing OH, Minerals containing H2O	—	Montmorillonite Montmorillonite, from High Bridge, Jessamine Co., Kentucky, USA Photo by Ken Larsen, Smithsonian Institution, CC0	18	2	0	IR, Reflectance	Hydroxide , Mineral, Hydrated , Aluminosilicate
Mullite	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	Sillimanite (subgroup)	—	Mullite Mullite specimen from Emmelberg Mt., Üdersdorf, Daun, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Photo by Leon Hupperichs (on wikimedia.org), CC-BY-SA 3.0	0	2	0	CL/OM	Mineral, Aluminosilicate
Muscovite	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	Mica, Minerals containing OH	Muscovite-2M1, Cr, Sericite, Illite, Muscovite-1M, Mg, Muscovite-2M1, Muscovite-1M	Muscovite Image of a specimen of Muscovite (M 32217, Museums Victoria), from Victoria, Australia Photograph by Frank Coffa, Museums Victoria, CC-BY	4	14	7	CL, EDS, Reflectance	Hydroxide , Mineral, Aluminosilicate
Muscovite-1M	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	Muscovite	—		24	0	0	—	Hydroxide , Aluminosilicate , Polytype
Muscovite-2M1	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	Muscovite	—		44	0	0	—	Hydroxide , Aluminosilicate , Polytype
N/A	—	—	—		0	0	1	Transmission/Optical	—
Nacaphite	Na₂Ca(PO₄)F	Minerals containing PO4	—	Nacaphite Crystals of nacaphite from the type locality in Rasvumchorr, Khibiny, Kola, Russian Federation Photo by David Hospital (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA 4.0	0	3	0	PL, PL/XL	Mineral, Phosphate , Orthophosphate
Nacrite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	Kaolinite (subgroup), Minerals containing OH	—		1	0	0	—	Hydroxide , Mineral, Aluminosilicate
Nantokite	CuCl	—	—		0	1	0	IR	Mineral, Halide
Natrite	Na₂CO₃	Minerals containing CO3	—	Natrite White aggregates of the mineral natrite from Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Northern Region, Russian Federation Photo by David Hospital (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA 4.0	0	8	0	PL	Carbonate , Mineral
Natroboltwoodite	Na(UO₂)(SiO₃OH)·H₂O	Uranophane (group), Minerals containing OH, Minerals containing H2O	—		0	3	0	PL	Hydroxide , Mineral, Silicate , Uranyl , Hydrated
Natrojarosite	NaFe^III₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	Minerals containing SO4, Minerals containing OH	—		1	0	0	—	Hydroxide , Mineral, Sulphate