Product Overview
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PDF-4/Minerals 2026
Comprehensive Mineral Collection
PDF-4/Minerals is the most comprehensive collection of mineral data in the world! Ninety-seven percent of all known mineral types, as defined by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), are represented in the database.
Key Points
- Rapid phase identification, plus support for automated quantitative analyses
- Features 54,900+ entries, including 45,600+ entries with atomic coordinates
- Integrated data mining software
- All entries have digital patterns for use in total pattern analysis
- More than 43,300+ entries have I/Ic values for quantitative analysis by Reference Intensity Ratio (RIR)
- Combines powder and single crystal data
- Classified by IMA designations
- A subset of the PDF-5+ database with all the features and capabilities, targeted to minerals and mineral related compounds
- Extensive data mining is facilitated with 118 display fields coupled with 84 searches
- One (1) year license serviced by subscription
