Reflected Light Microscopes Resources

Reflected Light Microscopes

• Mineral Cacoxenite
  The chemical composition of the Cacoxenite mineral is indicated by the formula Fe24(AlO6)(PO4)17(OH)12-75H2O, a Hydrated Iron Aluminum Phosphate Oxide Hydroxide. This Cacoxenite belongs to the Phosphates mineral class. The Phosphates group of minerals commonly includes all minerals having a tetrahedral unit indicated by the formula AO4 with a negative three charge, where A can stand to be either antimony, arsenic, phosphorus or vanadium. The basic tetrahedral unit can be combined with other metal ions on a one to one ratio. read more...


• Mineral Bytownite
  The chemical composition of mineral Bytownite is indicated by the formula CaNa(Al,Si)AlSi2O8, a Calcium Sodium Aluminum Silicate. This Bytownite belongs to the Silicates mineral class. The Silicates is considered as the largest and the most complicated class of minerals. They are also the most interesting mineral class comprising wonderful and attractive mineral specimens, which are exhibiting splendid views on both transmitted and Reflected Light Microscopes. Some geologists made an estimation that about 90% of the Earth’s crust is actually made up of silicates. It has been known also that approximately 30% of all minerals are silicates. read more...


• Mineral Buttgenbachite
  The chemical composition of mineral Buttgenbachite is indicated by the formula Cu19(NO3)2Cl4(OH)32-2H2O, a Hydrated Copper Nitrate Chloride Hydroxide. This Buttgenbachite belongs to the Carbonates mineral class. These Carbonates minerals are commonly found deposited in marine settings after the settling and accumulation of the shells of dead planktonic life on the sea floor. They can be also possibly found in karst regions and in evaporitic settings like the Great Salt Lake found in Utah, where caves, stalactites, and stalagmites form due to the dissolution and reprecipitation of carbonates. The Carbonates class of minerals is known to include the borate and nitrate minerals.read more...


• Mineral Brazilianite
  The chemical composition of the mineral Brazilianite is indicated by the formula NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4, a Sodium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide. This Brazilianite belongs to the Phosphates mineral class. The Phosphates group of minerals commonly includes all minerals having a tetrahedral unit indicated by the formula AO4 with a negative three charge, where A can stand to be either antimony, arsenic, phosphorus or vanadium. The basic tetrahedral unit can be combined with other metal ions on a one to one ratio. Usually, it can be found in a more complex combinations with other ions such as the hydroxide groups with formula indicated by (OH), the uranyl groups with formula indicated by (UO2), a halogen or even water molecules. read more...


• Mineral Caledonite
  The chemical composition of mineral Caledonite is indicated by the formula Cu2Pb5CO3(SO4)3(OH)6, a Copper Lead Carbonate Sulfate Hydroxide. This Caledonite belongs to the Sulfates mineral class. Sulfates are known chemically to contain the sulfate anion with a charge of negative two. This mineral class commonly forms in evaporitic settings where evaporation of water with high saline content slowly occurs. Through this process, the formation of both halides and sulfates are allowed at the water-sediment interface. Sulfate minerals are known to commonly occur as gauge minerals in some hydrothermal veins systems along with sulfide ore minerals. read more...