Smart mineralogist

THE MINERAL INDEX

The Mineral index holds a catalog of all minerals present in the Smart mineralogist database. The index is grouped alphabetically with each index item hosting names of all minerals in their respective alphabets. The index item also holds the mineral count found on its letter. Tapping any of the alphabet indices will reveal a new list of minerals belonging to that alphabet.

Mineral index with the S index selected

The mineral index has only two Toolbar action icons. The left most icon is the search icon which starts the App’s search interface. See the 'Introduction > App search' topic to learn how to effectively use this tool. The right icon is an overflow menu with a single option to enable/disable text scroll. By default, Smart mineralogist will auto-scroll long text or formulae if it cannot fit in the single text line of any mineral card. But if you don’t want any scrolling behavior, tap this option to disable all text scrolling for the Mineral index only.

Tablet devices show both the index on the left and the mineral list on the right of the same screen. Tapping any alphabet index item will cause the mineral list to be updated for that alphabet on the right.

By default, Smart mineralogist initializes to the 'Favorites' tool when launching for first time. However, should you wish to launch directly to the Mineral Index, you can enable it in App settings.

If you select any of the alphabet indices, a list of all mineral cards belonging to that alphabet will appear sorted alphabetically. For each mineral card, while similar, holds different information for each unique mineral. On the left most side of the mineral card is the mini-portrait of the mineral (when available) while the center to right section is occupied by a row of three titles holding the…

Name of the Mineral.
Synonyms or varieties of the mineral if available. If both are available, varieties get higher priority.
Chemical formula of the Mineral.

Tapping any of the mineral cards will open the 'Mineral details' section relative to the selected mineral. For more on this, jump to the dedicated 'Mineral Details' group of options.

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