Material Index for the Spectroscopy Database

Material Index

Name	Formula	Classifications	Members	Image	Lines	Spectra	Techniques	Tags
Borax	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	Minerals containing OH, Minerals containing H2O	—		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	4	0	PL/XL	Hydroxide , Mineral, Borate , Carbonate
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.	2	1	SXES	Element , Metal
Boron nitride	BN	—	Qingsongite	Boron nitride Hexagonal boron nitride crystals © Photo by NIMSoffice, Public Domain	46	3	CL/SEM, SXES	Synthetic , Compound, Boride , Nitride
Bromargyrite	AgBr	—	—		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	2	0	PL/XL	Mineral, Simple oxide
Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	Minerals containing OH, Brucite (group)	—	Brucite Brucite specimen from Palabora mine, Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Size: 4.6 x 4.4 x 2.3 cm. © Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0	5	0	CL, PL, PL/XL	Mineral, Hydroxide
Burbankite	(Na,Ca)₃(Sr,Ba,Ce)₃(CO₃)₅	Minerals containing CO3	—	Burbankite Light pink crystal of Burbankite from Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil © Photo by Leon Hupperichs, CC-SA-3.0	5	0	PL, PL/XL	Carbonate , Mineral , REE
Bytownite	(Ca,Na)(Si,Al)₄O₈	Plagioclase	—	Bytownite Modified marquise cut anorthite (var. bytownite) specimen from Idaho, USA © Unknown photographer, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History	2	1	EDS	Aluminosilicate , Variety
Böhmite	AlO(OH)	Minerals containing OH	—	Böhmite Böhmite crystals on natrolite, from Sagåsen (Strandåsen), Mørje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway © Photo by Leon Hupperichs, CC-BY-SA 3.0	1	0	PL/Laser	Mineral, Hydroxide
Cadmium	Cd	—	—	Cadmium Silvery-gray elemental cadmium © (C) 2024 James St. John (via Wikimedia Commons). CC-BY-2.0	13	2	SXES	Mineral , Metal , Element
Cadmium selenide	CdSe	—	Cadmoselite	Cadmium selenide Cadmium selenide © Photo by W. Oelen, http://woelen.homescience.net/science/index.html, CC-BY-SA 3.0	5	0	CL/SEM	Compound, Synthetic
Cadmium silicon selenide	Cd₄SiSe₆	—	—		2	0	CL/SEM	Compound, Synthetic
Cadmium silicon sulphide	Cd₄SiS₆	—	—		4	0	CL/SEM	Sulphide , Synthetic , Compound
Cadmium sulphide	CdS	—	Greenockite, Hawleyite	Cadmium sulphide Cadmium sulphide © Photo by W. Oelen, http://woelen.homescience.net/science/index.html, CC-BY-SA 3.0	7	1	SXES	Sulphide , Compound