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This template is used on pages about minerals as well as gemstones to provide handy easy to access data about that mineral.

== Usage ==
Most field names are in lowercase.

Copy a blank version to use. Please delete any unused fields to avoid clutter in the edit window.
{{Infobox mineral
| name        = Ruby
| boxwidth    = 
| boxbgcolor  = pink
| boxtextcolor = black
| image       = Ruby cristal.jpg
| imagesize   = 151
| alt         = 
| caption     = A naturally occurring ruby crystal
| category    = [[Mineral]] variety
| formula     = [[aluminium oxide]] with [[chromium]], Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>:Cr
| molweight   = 
| strunz      = 
| dana        = 
| system      = [[Trigonal]]
| class       = Hexagonal scalenohedral ({{overline|3}}m) <br/>[[H-M symbol]]: ({{overline|3}} 2/m)
| symmetry    = ''R''{{overline|3}}c (No. 167)
| unit cell   = unit cell
| color       = Red, may be brownish,  purplish or pinkish
| colour      = 
| habit       = Varies with locality. Terminated tabular hexagonal prisms.
| twinning    = 
| cleavage    = No true cleavage
| fracture    = Uneven or conchoidal
| tenacity    = 
| mohs        = 9.0
| luster      = Vitreous
| streak      = white
| diaphaneity = transparent
| gravity     = 4.0
| density     = 
| polish      = 
| opticalprop = 
| refractive  = n<sub>ω</sub>=1.768 - 1.772 n<sub>ε</sub>=1.760 - 1.763, [[Birefringence]] 0.008
| birefringence = 
| pleochroism = Orangey red, purplish red
| 2V          = 
| dispersion  = 
| extinction  = 
| length fast/slow = 
| fluorescence = red under longwave
| absorption  = 
| melt        = 2044 °C
| fusibility  = 
| diagnostic  = 
| solubility  = none
| impurities  = 
| alteration  = 
| other       = 
| prop1       = 
| prop1text   = 
| references  = 
| var1        = [[Sapphire]]
| var1text    = Any color except red and violet
| var2        = Oriental amethyst
| var2text    = violet color
| var3        = [[Corundum]]
| var3text    = various colors <br/>(mineral species)
| var4        = [[Emery (mineral)|Emery]]
| var4text    = Granular <br/>(mineral mixture)
| var5        = 
| var5text    = 
| var6        = 
| var6text    = 
}}

<pre>
{{Infobox mineral
| name        = 
| boxwidth    = 
| boxbgcolor  = 
| image       = 
| imagesize   = 
| alt         = 
| caption     = 
| struct image     =
| struct caption   =
| struct imagesize =
| struct2 image    =
| struct2 caption  =
| struct2 imagesize=
| SMILES           =
| Jmol             =
| category    = 
| formula     = 
| molweight   = 
| strunz      = 
| dana        = 
| system      = 
| class       = 
| symmetry    = 
| unit cell   = 
| color       = 
| colour      = 
| habit       = 
| twinning    = 
| cleavage    = 
| fracture    = 
| tenacity    = 
| toughness   = 
| mohs        = 
| luster      = 
| streak      = 
| diaphaneity = 
| gravity     = 
| density     = 
| polish      = 
| opticalprop = 
| refractive  = 
| birefringence = 
| pleochroism = 
| 2V          = 
| dispersion  = 
| extinction  = 
| length fast/slow =
| fluorescence = 
| absorption  = 
| melt        = 
| Curie temp  = 
| fusibility  = 
| diagnostic  = 
| solubility  = 
| impurities  = 
| alteration  = 
| other       = 
| prop1       = 
| prop1text   = 
| references  = 
| var1        = 
| var1text    = 
| var2        = 
| var2text    = 
| var3        = 
| var3text    = 
| var4        = 
| var4text    = 
| var5        = 
| var5text    = 
| var6        = 
| var6text    = 
}}
</pre>

===All parameters used===
{{infobox mineral
| image = Tridymite tabulars - Ochtendung, Eifel, Germany.jpg
| imagesize   = 260px

|struct image=a-tridymite.png
|struct caption=Crystal structure of α-tridymite
|struct imagesize=150px
|struct2 image=Diamond lattice.stl
|struct2 caption=Some other image
|struct2 imagesize=200px

|SMILES = O[C@@H]4C/C3=C/C=C1\[C@H](CC[C@]2([C@H]1CC[C@@H]2[C@H](C)CCCC(C)C)C)[C@@]3(C)CC4
|Jmol= C([C@@H]([C@@H]1C(=C(C(=O)O1)O)O)O)O<!-- different so will show difgferent struct - to test -->
|boxbgcolor = yellow

| 2V = 2V
| absorption = absorption
| alt = alt
| alteration = alteration
| birefringence = birefringence
| boxtextcolor = boxtextcolor
| boxwidth = boxwidth
| caption = caption
| category = category
| class = class
| cleavage = cleavage
| color = color
| colour = colour
| dana = dana
| density = density
| diagnostic = diagnostic
| diaphaneity = diaphaneity
| dispersion = dispersion
| extinction = extinction
| fluorescence = fluorescence
| formula = formula
| fracture = fracture
| fusibility = fusibility
| gravity = gravity
| habit = habit
| impurities = impurities
| length fast/slow = length fast/slow
| luster = luster
| lustre = lustre
| melt = melt
| mohs = mohs
| molweight = molweight
| name = name
| opticalprop = opticalprop
| other = other
| pleochroism = pleochroism
| polish = polish
| polish lustre = polish lustre
| prop1 = prop1
| prop1text = prop1text
| references = references
| refractive = refractive
| solubility = solubility
| streak = streak
| strunz = strunz
| symmetry = symmetry
| system = system
| tenacity = tenacity
| twinning = twinning
| unit cell = unit cell
| var1 = var1
| var1text = var1text
| var2 = var2
| var2text = var2text
| var3 = var3
| var3text = var3text
| var4 = var4
| var4text = var4text
| var5 = var5
| var5text = var5text
| var6 = var6
| var6text = var6text
}}
<pre>
| image = Tridymite tabulars - Ochtendung, Eifel, Germany.jpg
| imagesize   = 260px

|struct image=a-tridymite.png
|struct caption=Crystal structure of α-tridymite
|struct imagesize=150px
|struct2 image=Diamond lattice.stl
|struct2 caption=Some other image
|struct2 imagesize=200px

|SMILES = O[C@@H]4C/C3=C/C=C1\[C@H](CC[C@]2([C@H]1CC[C@@H]2[C@H](C)CCCC(C)C)C)[C@@]3(C)CC4
|Jmol= C([C@@H]([C@@H]1C(=C(C(=O)O1)O)O)O)O<!-- different so will show difgferent struct - to test -->
|boxbgcolor = yellow

| 2V = 2V
| absorption = absorption
| alt = alt
| alteration = alteration
| birefringence = birefringence
| boxtextcolor = boxtextcolor
| boxwidth = boxwidth
| caption = caption
| category = category
| class = class
| cleavage = cleavage
| color = color
| colour = colour
| dana = dana
| density = density
| diagnostic = diagnostic
| diaphaneity = diaphaneity
| dispersion = dispersion
| extinction = extinction
| fluorescence = fluorescence
| formula = formula
| fracture = fracture
| fusibility = fusibility
| gravity = gravity
| habit = habit
| impurities = impurities
| length fast/slow = length fast/slow
| luster = luster
| lustre = lustre
| melt = melt
| mohs = mohs
| molweight = molweight
| name = name
| opticalprop = opticalprop
| other = other
| pleochroism = pleochroism
| polish = polish
| polish lustre = polish lustre
| prop1 = prop1
| prop1text = prop1text
| references = references
| refractive = refractive
| solubility = solubility
| streak = streak
| strunz = strunz
| symmetry = symmetry
| system = system
| tenacity = tenacity
| twinning = twinning
| unit cell = unit cell
| var1 = var1
| var1text = var1text
| var2 = var2
| var2text = var2text
| var3 = var3
| var3text = var3text
| var4 = var4
| var4text = var4text
| var5 = var5
| var5text = var5text
| var6 = var6
| var6text = var6text
</pre>

== Description ==
This should describe the parameters used in this template.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Parameter !! Explanation !! Example 
|-
!name
| [[International Mineralogical Association|IMA]] mineral name (if there is another common name, put it in parentheses) || Baryte (Barite)
|-
!boxwidth
| ||
|-
!boxbgcolor
| Background color of box headers ||
|-
!boxtextcolor
| Text color of box headers ||
|-
!image
| Wikimedia Commons image filename (to go at top) || Epidoto.jpeg
|-
!imagesize
| ||
|-
!alt
| alt text for image, for visually impaired readers; see [[WP:ALT]] || Agglomeration of dark cylindrical crystals
|-
!caption
| image caption || Epidote crystals
|-
!category
| broad group then subgroup then sub-subgroup (if applicable) template does not auto-link ||''[[Sulfate mineral]]s, Barite group''
|-
!formula
| [[formula unit|chemical formula]] giving the elemental composition of a repeating unit of an alloy, a polymer, a crystal structure, a chain, or a network  || BaSO<sub>4</sub>
|-
!strunz
| [[Nickel-Strunz classification]] of the mineral (10 ed, MinDat) || 9.BG.05  
|-
!dana
| [[Dana classification]] of the mineral || 28.03.01.01
|-
!symmetry
| [[Hermann–Mauguin notation]] of the mineral's symmetry element, labeled: [[Space group]]  || 
|-
!unit cell
| [[Unit cell]] dimensions and number (Z) of [[formula unit]]s per unit cell  || 
|-
!molweight
| [[molar mass]] of the chemical formula above||
|-
!color
| common [[Mineral#Colour_and_streak|colors of the mineral]] ||
|-
!colour
| same as above, but for British pages ||
|-
!habit
| common [[mineral habit]] ||
|-
!system
| [[crystal system]] ([[cubic crystal system|cubic]], etc.) ||
|-
!class
| [[crystal class]] ||
|-
!twinning
|common type of [[Crystal twinning|twinning]] ||
|-
!cleavage
| type of [[Cleavage (mineralogy)|cleavage]] ||
|-
!fracture
| type of [[Fracture (mineralogy)|fracture]] (appearance of broken surface)|| irregular
|-
!tenacity
| [[Tenacity (mineralogy)|tenacity]] (how the mineral can deform or break) || brittle
|-
!toughness
| [[Fracture toughness|toughness]] (quantitative resistance to deformation or breakage) ||
|-
!mohs
| hardness (scratchability) of mineral on [[Mohs hardness scale]] || 3-3.5
|-
!luster
| way the mineral reflects light, see [[Lustre (mineralogy)|luster]] ||
|-
!lustre
| same as above, but for British pages ||
|-
!streak
| see [[streak (mineralogy)|streak]] ||
|-
!diaphaneity
| [[transparency (optics)|transparency]] of mineral ||
|-
!gravity
| [[specific gravity]] ||
|-
!density
| density at [[Standard temperature and pressure|STP]] in g/cm<sup>3</sup>||
|-
!polish
| ability to take a [[Polishing|polish]] ||
|-
!opticalprop
| ||
|-
!refractive
| [[refractive index]] of mineral ||
|-
!birefringence
| [[birefringence]] of a 30micron thin section ||
|-
!pleochroism
| see [[pleochroism]] ||
|-
!2V
| [[2V angle]] ||
|-
!dispersion
| see [[Dispersion (optics)|dispersion]] ||
|-
!extinction
| [[extinction angle]], e.g. "parallel", or "inclined" and a quantitative angle. Irrelevant for minerals without an extinction angle (isotropic, opaque, or amorphous minerals). ||
|-
!length fast/slow
| [[Sign of elongation]]: length fast or length slow || 
|-
!fluorescence
| see [[fluorescence]] ||
|-
!absorption
| see [[Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)|absorption]] ||
|-
!melt
| [[melting point]] of mineral ||
|-
!Curie
| [[Curie temperature]] of mineral ||
|-
!fusibility
| [[fusibility]] of mineral ||
|-
!diagnostic
| key way to recognize mineral ||
|-
!solubility
| [[solubility]] of mineral in water at [[Standard temperature and pressure|STP]] ||
|-
!impurities
| common impurities ||
|-
!alteration
| [[Mineral alteration|alteration]] products ||
|-
!other
| ||
|-
!prop1
| ||
|-
!prop1text
| ||
|-
!references
| use the Wikipedia [[template:ref]] to cite || References supporting the properties to be added at that line using <nowiki><ref>...</ref></nowiki> tag notation. Individual items can be tagged separately if needed.
|-
!var1
| ||
|-
!var1text
| ||
|-
!var2
| ||
|-
!var2text
| ||
|-
!var3
| ||
|-
!var3text
| ||
|-
!var4
| ||
|-
!var4text
| ||
|-
!var5
| ||
|-
!var5text
| ||
|-
!var6
| ||
|-
!var6text
| ||
|}

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