| Description: The mineral_type element identifies the type of mineral to which the specimen belongs. |
| Namespace Id: speclib | Steward: geo | Class Name: Specimen_Classification | Type: UTF8_Short_String_Collapsed |
| Minimum Value: None | Maximum Value: None | Minimum Characters: 1 | Maximum Characters: 255 |
| Unit of Measure Type: None | Default Unit Id: None | Attribute Concept: None | Conceptual Domain: SHORT_STRING |
| Status: Active | Nillable: false | Pattern: None |
| Permissible Value(s) | Value | Value Meaning |
| | Arsenate | The Arsenate value indicates the specimen is an arsenate. |
| | Borate | The Borate valeu indicates the specimen is a borate. |
| | Carbonate | The Carbonate value indicates the specimen is a carbonate. |
| | Chromate | The Chromate value indicates the specimen is a chromate. |
| | Cyclosilicate | The Cyclosiliate value indicates the specimen is a sorosilicate. |
| | Halide | The Halide value indicates the specimen is a halide. |
| | Hydroxide | The Hydroxide value indicates the specimen is a hydroxide. |
| | Inosilicate | The Inosilicate value indicates the specimen is a inosilicate. |
| | Iodate | The Iodate value indicates the specimen is an iodate. |
| | Native Element | The Native Element value indicates the specimen is a native element or an alloy. |
| | Nesosilicate | The Nesosiliacte value indicates the specimen is a nesosilicate. |
| | Nitrate | The Nitrate value indicates the specimen is a nitrate. |
| | Organic Compound | The Organic Compound value indicates the specimen is an organic compound. |
| | Oxide | The Oxide value indicates the specimen is an oxide. |
| | Phosphate | The Phosphate value indicates the specimen is a sulfate. |
| | Phyllosilicate | The Phyllosilicate value indicates the specimen is a phyllosilicate. |
| | Sorosilicate | The Sorosilicate value indicates the specimen is a sorosilicate. |
| | Sulfate | The Sulfate value indicates the specimen is a sulfate. |
| | Sulfide | The Sulfide value indicates the specimen is a sulfide. |
| | Tectosilicate | The Tectosilicate value indicates the specimen is a tectosilicate. |
| | Unclassified | The Unclassified value indicates that the specimen doesn't fit into any of these categories, but is still a mineral. |
| | Vanadate | The Vanadate value indicates that the specimen is a vanadate. |