Material Index for the Spectroscopy Database

Material Index

Name	Formula	Classifications	Members	Image	Specimens	Lines	Spectra	Techniques	Tags
Smithsonite	ZnCO₃	Minerals containing CO3, Calcite (group)	—	Smithsonite Specimen of Smithsonite, from Tsumeb, Otjikoto, Namibia. NMNH 137559 00 Photo by Penland, Smithsonian Institution. CC0	1	10	0	CL, PL, Raman, Unknown	Carbonate , Mineral
Sodalite	Na₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄Cl₂, Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	Sodalite (group)	Hackmanite	Sodalite Sodalite from collection of Wikipedia user Ra'ike CC BY-SA 3.0 Ra'ike	5	86	3	CL, CL/SEM	Mineral, Aluminosilicate
Sodalite (group)	—	Feldspathoid (group)	Slyudyankaite, Bolotinaite, Haüyne, Vladimirivanovite, Nosean, Lazurite, Tsaregorodtsevite, Sapozhnikovite, Sodalite (var. synthetic), Sodalite, Tugtupite	Sodalite (group) Sodalite from collection of Wikipedia user Ra'ike CC BY-SA 3.0 Ra'ike	0	145	4	CL, CL/SEM	Group
Soddyite	(UO₂)₂(SiO₄)(H₂O)₂	Minerals containing SiO4, Th-U silicate, Minerals containing H2O	—	Soddyite Soddyite specimen from Shinkolobwe Mine, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ex Dr. Wilke coll. Photo by Weirdmeister (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY 4.0	0	2	0	PL	Mineral, Silicate , Uranyl , Hydrated
Sodium bromide	NaBr	—	—		0	1	0	IR	Halide , Compound
Sodium chloride	NaCl	—	—	Sodium chloride Specimen of Halite, from Kłodawa, Poland. Exhibit of the Earth and Man" Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria Photo by Vassia Atanassova, via Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 3.0	0	3	0	PL	Halide , Compound
Sodium hydroxide	NaOH	—	—		0	2	0	IR, Raman	Hydroxide , Compound
Sodium iodide	NaI	—	—		0	1	0	IR	Halide , Compound
Sodium sulphate	Na₂SO₄	—	Thénardite, Thenardite		0	14	0	PL, PLE	Sulphate , Synthetic , Compound
Sogdianite	KZr₂Li₃Si₁₂O₃₀	Osumilite (group)	—	Sogdianite Single crystal group of the rare zirconium mineral sogdianite from the type locality: Dara-i-Pioz Glacier, Tien Shan Mountains, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan Photo by David Hospital (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA 4.0	0	1	0	PL	Mineral, Silicate
Solongoite	Ca₂B₃O₄(OH)₄Cl	Minerals containing OH	—		0	3	0	PL/XL	Hydroxide , Mineral, Borate
Sorosilicate	[Si₂O₇]^6-	—	—		0	1	0	Reflectance	Group
Spessartine	Mn^II₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	Minerals containing SiO4, Garnet	—	Spessartine Specimen of spessartine, from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Specimen M 37302, Museums Victoria Photo by Sarah McCaffrey, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)	4	2	2	CL, Reflectance	Mineral, Aluminosilicate
Sphalerite	(Zn,Fe)S, ZnS, (Zn,Fe^II)S	Zinc sulphide, Sphalerite (group)	Marmatite	Sphalerite Sphalerite specimen from Rodna, Transilvania, Romania Photo by Ken Larsen, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History	12	20	3	CL/SEM, SXES	Mineral, Sulphide
Sphalerite (group)	—	—	Stilleite, Ishiharaite, Coloradoite, Metacinnabar, Hawleyite, Sphalerite, Browneite, Rudashevskyite, Tiemannite		0	20	3	CL/SEM, SXES	Group