Query preparation for searching data into WWW-MINCRYST
You can use some variants for searching by name of mineral and additional
parameters (specification) of cards:
- By Alphabet. Simply press button with necessary letter and you get full listing of
minerals beginned from this letter (please, wait some seconds).
- By FULL NAME. You input full name of mineral (exam. OLIVINE) and get list of all
cards for this mineral. Attention: you can use any register (olivine == OLIVINE)
- By PARTIAL NAME (or substring). You input part of name (for example, PYROX) and get
list of unique minerals where names contain this substring (CLINOPYROXENE, PYROXENE etc.)
You can use next optional tools:
- string% - means that will be searched all names beginning from 'string';
- %string - means that will be searched all names ending to 'string';
- string - means that will be searched all names containing 'string'
(including begin and end)
Examples:
- ANDR% - give as result ANDRADITE, ANDREMEYERITE, ANDROSITE;
- %PHYLLITE - give as result ANTHOPHYLLITE, ASTROPHYLLITE etc.;
- HYDRO - give as result HEXAHYDROBORITE, HYDROGARNET, MONOHYDROCALCITE etc.
You can check 'Use this name...' for searching same name in specification field. Simple example:
you want to fing 'GARNET' but some cards have names as 'PYROPE', 'ALMANDINE' etc., and only in specification field
they have 'GARNET' name. If you uncheck this checkbox only cards with name 'GARNET' will be find.
You also use additional parameters (specification) of cards. What is
means? Many minerals have some cards for different confitions (composition, P-T parameteres, structure type etc.).
Any card has specification which include:
- Number of specification (always present) - 1, 2..50..
- Similarity - natural, analogue, synthetic; mineral-type (olivine, zeolite for example)
- Elements in composition - Yb, Cs etc.
- Fixed pressure or temperature parameters - at 100 K, for example, or at 14 GPa, 1900'C
- Type - alpha, beta, meta etc.
- Another information - 'after dehydratation', 'from San Benito, California' etc.
You can combine this information with name of minerals for searching in regime 'AND' (by default) or
'NOT'. For example, you can find only low-ordered ALBITE if select name 'ALBITE' AND 'Low (ordered)' in specification list,
and (against) other ALBITEs if select name 'ALBITE' NOT 'Low (ordered)'
For using 'specification' you can use three fields:
- Numbers: 1, 10-15 (interval)
- Often used (abbreviations): synthetic, natural, analogue etc.
- Any string: here it is possible to enter any substring for additional search parameter.