Crystal Structures

Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
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Visualizing Atomic Structures in Minerals

Coordination and Pauling's Rules

Packing Structures

Non-Silicate Structures

Elements

• Kamacite and Taenite (Meteoritic Iron-Nickel) Structure
• Diamond Structure
• Sulfur Structure

Sulfides

• Marcasite
• Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite
• Pyrite Structure
• Pyrrhotite and Troilite
• Stibnite Structure
• Molybdenite Structure
• Cinnabar Structure

Oxides and Hydroxides

• Rutile Structure
• Spinel Structure
• Perovskite Structure
• Goethite-Diaspore Structure
• Lepidocrocite-Boehmite Structure
• Hematite and Corundum

Sulfates

• Anhydrite
• Barite

Other Minerals

• Ice Structure
• Natural Gas Hydrates
• Halite Structure
• Hydrohalite Structure
• Fluorite Structure
• Calcite Structure
• Dolomite Structure
• Apatite Structure
• Scheelite Structure
• Crocoite and Monazite Structure

Silicate Structures

Nesosilicates and Sorosilicates

• Olivine
• Garnet
• Andalusite Structure
• Kyanite Structure
• Sillimanite Structure
• Titanite (Sphene) Structure
• Topaz Structure
• Zircon Structure
• Staurolite Structure
• Epidote Structure

Cyclosilicates

• Benitoite and Wadeite (3-membered rings)
• Beryl and Cordierite Structure
• Tourmaline Structure

Chain and Sheet Silicates

• Biopyriboles
• Inosilicates
• Pyroxene Structure
• Rhodonite and Pyroxmangite Structure
• Wollastonite Structure
• Pectolite Structure
• Jimthompsonite and Clinojimthompsonite Structure
• Chesterite Structure
• Phyllosilicates
• Apophyllite Structure
• Prehnite Structure

Tectosilicates

• Quartz
• Silica Polymorphs
• Feldspar
• Scapolite
• Erionite Structure

Musherals: Minerals that are Mostly Water

• Hydrohalite
• Antarcticite
• Carnallite
• Bischofite
• Nickelbischofite
• Chalcanthite
• Rosenbergite
• Chloraluminite
• Ikaite

Ices

Liquids and gases to us, minerals in the outer solar system.

• Ice Structure
• Carbon Dioxide
• Ammonia
• Sulfur Dioxide

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