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Mindat.org, the largest open database of minerals, rocks, and meteorites
- chmod775 5y agoThese collaborative databases curated by people working in the field are usually gems.
- pjc50 5y agoThis isn't technically a gem, it's a semi-precious website.
- tardismechanic 5y agoSorry couldn't resist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1yYJBzf1VQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1yYJBzf1VQ
- wolverine876 5y agoAlso: https://www.gemdat.org/ https://www.gemdat.org/
- pndy 5y agoMy friend who specializes in geochemistry and mineralogy does contribute to this site frequently - he uploaded over 1,5k photos of minerals samples
- firstfewshells 5y agoI always wonder what kind of data modeling is used in such websites.
- abraxaz 5y agoOWL for data model and RDF for data would work well for it, though I don't know if that is what they use. Compare for example: - Atelestite on mindat: https://www.mindat.org/min-407.html https://www.mindat.org/min-407.html - atelestite on WikiData (RDF based): https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3627885 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3627885
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- peterhil 5y agoIf you like information about minerals, you might find my visualisation of world production of different minerals also interesting: https://ninhursag.herokuapp.com/ https://ninhursag.herokuapp.com/ The green line shows world production form year 1900 to about 2020, depending on data availability. Yellowish green line shows available reserves – that is ‘easily’ available or economically feasible resources. Most of USGS data series 140 minerals are included, and you can try to fit various Scipy distribution functions with the data to see some estimates. PS. It’s on a free tier so it takes a few seconds to boot, if no one have visited recently.
- peterhil 5y agoI made a post about this on Mindat discussions: https://www.mindat.org/message.php?m=562336 https://www.mindat.org/message.php?m=562336
- cdepman 5y agoVery cool, thanks! Just some quick feedback - I am colorblind (protan) and cannot distinguish among many of the graph lines or tell which part of the legend each corresponds with. This excellent article has some palette suggestions: https://davidmathlogic.com/colorblind/ https://davidmathlogic.com/colorblind/
- peterhil 5y agoThank you for the kind feedback! I made an issue, and will fix that and other accessibility concerns in the next release: https://github.com/peterhil/ninhursag/issues/10 https://github.com/peterhil/ninhursag/issues/10
- mnw21cam 5y agoWow, it's even more comprehensive than the Dwarf Fortress wiki. https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Stone https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Stone
- abraxaz 5y agoCan the database be exported somehow?
- peterhil 5y agoThere is a thread on discussions about Mindsat API: https://www.mindat.org/mesg-450899.html#557085 https://www.mindat.org/mesg-450899.html#557085 They may have some funding on September to make a public API.
- nikisweeting 5y agoIt’s also awesome for finding abandoned mines, cool industrial sites, and interesting rock features if you like urban/rural exploration.
- publicola1990 5y agoIs there a browseable catalogue of it available or is it all behind a search box. If the whole database was a physical book, someone who does not know anything about minerals could get a good overview of minerals, but if all this knowledge is gated behind a search box, then that functionality is lost.
- thatguy0900 5y agohttps://www.mindat.org/directory.php https://www.mindat.org/directory.php there's a directory, but it's hidden behind the more option. Does seem like an important thing to hide away. Edit:on clicking the links it looks like all the entries are just empty pages.