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Anyone know of software for Identifying minerals by chemistry?

Posted by Joseph Taggart, Jr.  
Joseph Taggart, Jr.
Anyone know of software for Identifying minerals by chemistry?
October 05, 2009 02:20AM
Years ago I had a DOS program where I could enter a number of elements or radicals, and the program would tell me all the minerals that contained those elements. Does anyone know of any similar, but current, PC software that is available out there? Freeware would be ideal.
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October 05, 2009 02:38AM
ca    
Joseph Taggart, Jr.
Re: Anyone know of software for Identifying minerals by chemistry?
October 05, 2009 05:10AM
Stuart,

Perfect! Why didn't I think of looking for it in Mindat? I've been working on some Cu, Al, S, and O, minerals from the Grandview Mine in Arizona recently, so I used that for a quick test. It not only found cyanotrichite, and carbonate-cyanotrichite, but also found the recently published Grandviewite! Many thanks for your help Stuart.
Re: Anyone know of software for Identifying minerals by chemistry?
October 05, 2009 05:23AM
ca    
Re: Anyone know of software for Identifying minerals by chemistry?
October 08, 2009 06:32PM
us    
MDI-Mineral also has a element search - free download.

MinIdent-Win is another excellent program - it's in the $300 range.
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October 09, 2009 05:16PM
us    
I hope I am not out of line here. The MinSearch program on the CD in the back of my book, "Mineral Identification . . ." (Miralogical Record Book Store) searches up to five ions in any combination.
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