Naturally occurring crystalline substances with a fixed chemical composition and structure.

Entity["Mineral",name] or

represents an entity of type "Mineral".

[prop]

gives the value of a specified property.

[{propi,}]

gives the value of a list of properties.

EntityClass["Mineral",{propispeci,}]

represents a class of entities with values of propi defined by speci.

Sample Entities

Sample Entity Classes

Properties

  • 2V2V angle
    AlternateNamesalternate names
    Birefringencebirefringence
    Cleavagecleavage
    Colorcolor
    CrystalSystemcrystal system
    DanaIDDana ID
    Densitydensity
    Diaphaneitytransparency
    DiscoveryDatediscovery date
    Dispersiondispersion
    DSpacingdspacing
    EntityClassesentity classes
    EntityTypeListentity type list
    Formulaformula
    Fracturefracture
    HardnessMohs hardness
    ICSDNumberICSD number
    IMAApprovalYearIMA approval/preIMA valid species
    Imageimage
    IMANumberIMA number
    Intensityintensity
    Lusterluster
    Magnetismmagnetism
    MolarMassmolar mass
    MolarVolumemolar volume
    MolecularMassmolecular mass
    MSHNumberMSH number
    Namename
    RefractiveIndicesrefractive indices
    Streakstreak
    StrunzIDStrunz ID
    Tenacitytenacity
    UnitCellAnglesunit cell angles
    UnitCellLengthsunit cell lengths
    UnitCellVolumeunit cell volume
    Zmolecules per unit cell

Details

  • "Mineral" entities include various chemical compounds that are typically crystalline and naturally occurring.
  • "Mineral" entity classes include groups based on structure or prominent elements found within the mineral.
  • Some properties are available for the "Mineral" entity type as a whole and can be given using the form EntityValue["Mineral",property]. Such properties include:
  • "Properties"the list of available properties
    "PropertyCanonicalNames"the standard names of available properties
    "SampleEntities"a sample list of available entities (typically of length 10)
    "SampleEntityClasses"a sample list of available entity classes (typically of length 10)
    "EntityCount"number of entities available
    "Entities"the list of available entities
    "EntityCanonicalNames"the standard names of available entities
    "EntityClasses"the list of available entity classes
    "EntityClassCanonicalNames"the standard names of available entity classes
    "PropertyClasses"the list of available property classes
    "PropertyClassCanonicalNames"the standard names of available property classes
    "PropertyCount"number of properties available
  • The following annotations can be used in the third argument of EntityValue["Mineral",property,annotation]:
  • "Source"source information for the property
    "Date"the date associated with the entity-property value (if any)
    "EntityAssociation"an association of entities and entity-property values
    "PropertyAssociation"an association of properties and entity-property values
    "EntityPropertyAssociation"an association in which the specified entities are keys, and values are a nested association of properties and entity-property values
    "PropertyEntityAssociation"an association in which the specified properties are keys, and values are a nested association of entities and entity-property values
    "Dataset"a dataset in which the specified entities are keys, and values are an association of property names and entity-property values
  • The following annotations can be used in the second argument of EntityValue[property,annotation]:
  • "Qualifiers"the list of possible qualifiers for the property
    "QualifierValues"the list of possible values that can be given to each qualifier
    "DefaultQualifierValues"the list of default values for the property's qualifiers
    "Description"a brief textual description of the property
    "Definition"a detailed textual definition of the property
    "PhysicalQuantity"the physical quantity associated with the entity-property value
    "Unit"the unit associated with the entity-property value
  • A qualifier value of Automatic indicates that an applicable format of values can be used; e.g. for the "Date" qualifier, this includes a proper date or date span.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (4)

Use for entity discovery:

Find a property value for an entity:

Retrieve a dataset of all available properties for an entity:

Find the ten hardest minerals:

Relations to Other Entity Types  (1)

Find minerals with an orthorhombic crystal system: