Material Index for the Spectroscopy Database

Material Index

Name	Formula	Classifications	Members	Image	Lines	Spectra	Techniques	Tags
Silicon carbide	SiC	—	Moissanite	Silicon carbide Crystals of synthetic moissanite © Photo by Brillar CO., LTD (https://brillar-shop.jp/pages/moissanite), CC-BY-SA 4.0	36	0	CL/SEM, EL, PL, PL/Laser	Synthetic , Compound, Carbide
Silver	Ag	—	—	Silver Silver. Bureau of Mines, Mineral Specimens C1650. © Photo courtesy of the US Geological Survey. Public domain.	11	2	SXES	Mineral , Metal , Element
Simpsonite	Al₄Ta₃O₁₃(OH)	Minerals containing OH	—	Simpsonite Simpsonite specimen from Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Borborema mineral province, Rio Grande do Norte, Northeast Region, Brazil. Size: 1.3 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm. © Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0	4	0	CL, PL/XL	Mineral, Hydroxide
Sklodowskite	Mg(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	Minerals containing H2O, Minerals containing OH	—	Sklodowskite Yellow Sklodowskite needles with green malachite core, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, specimen size: 5.8cm © Photo by Weirdmeister (Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA 4.0	2	0	Unknown	Hydroxide , Mineral, Silicate , Uranyl , Hydrated
Smectite (group)	A_0.3D_2-3[T₄O₁₀]Z₂ · nH₂O	Clay	Saliotite, Hectorite, Yakhontovite, Volkonskoite, Beidellite, Illite-Smectite 12.0A, Zincsilite, Illite-Smectite 11.5A, Stevensite, Saponite, Ferrosaponite, Sauconite, Swinefordite, Nontronite, Montmorillonite, Montmorillonite, Fe		2	0	Reflectance	Group , Hydrated, Aluminosilicate
Smithsonite	ZnCO₃	Calcite (group), Minerals containing CO3	—	Smithsonite Specimen of Smithsonite, from Tsumeb, Otjikoto, Namibia. NMNH 137559 00 © Photo by Penland, Smithsonian Institution. CC0	10	0	CL, PL, Raman, Unknown	Carbonate , Mineral
Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl, Na₈Al₆Si₆O₂₄Cl₂	Sodalite (group)	Hackmanite	Sodalite Sodalite from collection of Wikipedia user Ra'ike © CC BY-SA 3.0 Ra'ike	63	3	CL, CL/SEM	Mineral, Aluminosilicate
Sodalite (group)	—	Feldspathoid (group)	Lazurite, Tugtupite, Tsaregorodtsevite, Nosean, Sodalite, Vladimirivanovite, Sapozhnikovite, Haüyne, Sodalite, synthetic, Bolotinaite, Slyudyankaite		1	0	PL	Group
Soddyite	(UO₂)₂(SiO₄)(H₂O)₂	Minerals containing H2O, Minerals containing SiO4	—	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	2	0	PL	Mineral, Silicate , Uranyl , Hydrated
Sodium bromide	NaBr	—	—		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	3	0	PL	Halide , Compound
Sodium hydroxide	NaOH	—	—		2	0	IR, Raman	Hydroxide , Compound
Sodium iodide	NaI	—	—		1	0	IR	Halide , Compound
Sodium sulphate	Na₂SO₄	—	Thénardite, Thenardite		11	0	PL	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	1	0	PL	Mineral, Silicate