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Sources and Links
As with most reasonably complex projects, we are highly indebted to many of our colleagues who have helped us in some way or other. In particular, we are indebted to the following groups and sites, which are described briefly below.
Thanks to you all!
WWW-MINCRYST - Information-Calculating System on Crystal Structure Data of Minerals
url: http://database.iem.ac.ru/mincryst/
This site contains structural data culled from the literature for more than 2,000 separate mineral phases, a truly outstanding resource. The database may be searched by mineral name, composition, or other parameters. The database was put together by Dr. Anatoly Chichagov and Dmitry A. Varlamov, both of the Russian Academy of Sciences and is supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. A truly outstanding collection of data. Thank you, we have used it extensively.
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
url: http://www.geo.arizona.edu/xtal-cgi/test
This database contains structural data for hundreds of minerals. The data have been culled from published issues of the American Mineralogist, the publication of the Mineralogical Society of America. This database can be searched by mineral name, author, and other parameters. It was constructed and is maintained by Bob Downs and Paul Heese, University of Arizona.
ALTWYK's Home Page
url: http://ylp.icpet.nrc.ca/altwyk/
This site contains the International Tables for Crystallography and a small program that provides the general position and Wyckoff positions for any Hermann-Mauguin space group symbol listed in International Tables for Crystallography, Vol. A (1983). The program has been especially useful to us, especially after we (Paul Cameron and Ed Nater) wrote a perl script that reads the .html output of that program and produces a unit cell for the mineral of concern. This site was constructed and maintained by Yvon Le Page and Stephane Raymond of the National Research Council of Canada.
ATHENA: MINERALOGY; Pierre Perroud
url: http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/mineral/mineral.html
This large database was constructed and maintained by Dr. Pierre Perroud, Universite de Geneve. This database contains compositional and crystallographic data (but not structural data) for thousands of minerals. It also provides the current mineral classification for each mineral and contains numerous images of minerals for viewing. An excellent resource.
Mineralogical Society of America
url: http://www.minsocam.org/
As described on their homepage, "The Mineralogical Society of America is composed of individuals interested in mineralogy, crystallography, and petrology. Founded in 1919, the Society promotes, through education and research, the understanding and application of mineralogy by industry, universities, government and the public." This is the premiere American society of mineralogists and crystallographers, and the publishers of American Mineralogist.
Chime Resources at UMass
url: http://www.umass.edu/microbio/chime/
Eric Martz of the University of Massachusetts has assembled a valuable compilation of Chime and Rasmol resources, many of his own design. He also hosts the Molecular Visualization Freeware (Chime, Rasmol,Protein Explorer) list serve and is the motive force behind Protein Explorer (www.protein.explorer), a high-end Chime-based tutorial, and the World Index of Molecular Visualization Resources, www.molvisindex.org.