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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

10

Missing sample

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