# | Description at glance | SEM-EDS analysis | XRPD-analysis | Identification and notes |
1 | White crystalline powder | Oxygen, sulfur, aluminum and nitrogen | Ammonium aluminum sulfate hydrate ICDD PDF 83-1933 | Ammonium aluminum sulfate, dodecahydrate (NH4)Al(SO4)2・12H2O The material, apparently synthetic, belongs to the collection probably to show the reactions of a very hydrate and heat-reacting substance |
2 | White crystalline powder, traces of natural plane faces and “cubic” aspect | Potassium and chlorine | Sylvite ICDD PDF 41-1476 | Sylvite, KCl Could be either of natural or synthetic origin |
3 | White crystalline powder, no traces of cleavage | Silicon, potassium, aluminum and oxygen | Potassium feldspar (Adularia) ICDD PDF 71-1543 | Adularia, KAlSi3O8 |
4 | White crystalline powder, traces of cleavage and/or flat faces | Calcium, silicon, oxygen, fluorine, minor sodium and iron | Fluorapophillite ICDD PDF 71-1778 | Fluorapophillite KCa4(Si4O10)2(F0.5OH0.5) (H2O)8 |
5 | White smooth powder | Oxygen, sulfur, sodium, potassium, calcium | Sodium nitrate ICDD PDF 89-2828 sodium potassium sulfate ICDD PDF 74-0394 | Mixing of laboratory chemicals, mainly potassium nitrate (KNO3) and sodium potassium sulfate (KNaSO4) Probably synthetic, could have been included to show the reaction of nitrates and sulfates of alkali elements. |
6 | White granules | Fluorine, sodium and aluminum | Cryolite ICDD PDF 25-0772 | Cryolite, Na3AlF6 |
7 | White crystalline fragments | Oxygen, silicon, aluminum, sodium and minor amount of potassium | Albite ICDD PDF 89-6423 | Albite, NaAlSi3O8 A plagioclase very close to albite composition |
8 | White crystalline fragments | Oxygen, silicon, aluminum, calcium, sodium and minor potassium | Albite ICDD PDF 89-1939 | Albite, NaAlSi3O8 A plagioclase in the range of the albite-oligoclase composition |
9 | White crystalline powder | Oxygen, aluminum, sodium, silicon, small amount of calcium | Natrolite ICDD PDF 45-1413 | Natrolite, Na2Al2Si3O10・2H2O |
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11 | White powder | Oxygen, sodium and minor amount of magnesium, sulfur and chlorine | Tincalconite ICDD PDF 07-0277 | Borax or tincalconite Na2(B4O5(OH)4) (H2O)2.668 It was probably Borax, but the long time altered it in a derivative of borax, Tincalconite. |
12 | Pale yellow crystalline powder, some fragments with cleavage | Oxygen, phosphor, iron and manganese | Lithiophilite ICDD PDF 13-0336 | Triphylite, Li(Mn,Fe)PO4 A sample of the Lithiofilite (Mn) and Triphylite (Fe) series, close to the Triphylite because of the iron content. |
13 | Pale whitish-yellowish fragments | Aluminum, silicon, oxygen | Spodumene ICDD PDF 71-1063 | Spodumene, LiAlSi2O6 |
14 | Withe powder | Aluminum, silicon, oxygen | Petalite ICDD PDF 35-0463 | Petalite, LiAlSi4O10 |
15 | White powder | Aluminum, silicon, iron, manganese, potassium and fluorine | Muscovite (fluor-muscovite) and/or celadonite ICDD PDF 49-1840 | Muscovite-Phlogopite series |
16 | White crystalline powder | Aluminum, silicon, oxygen, manganese | Lithiophorite ICDD PDF 41-1371 | Lithiophorite, (Al,Li)MnO2(OH)2 A mixture of Lithiophorite and Quartz |
17 | Greenish-blackish fragments | Oxygen, magnesium, silicon, calcium, iron and lesser amount of aluminum and chromium | Magnesium-hornblende ICDD PDF 20-0481 | Magnesio-hornblende (Ca,Na )2 -(Mg,Fe,Al)5(Si,Al)8O22(OH)2 |