Mindat.org

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Mindat.org
OwnerThe Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, Keswick, Virginia
Created byJolyon Ralph, et al.
IndustryMineralogy
URLwww.mindat.org
CommercialNo
Launched10 October 2000; 20 years ago (2000-10-10)
OCLC number643335336
Crystalline copper "feather" from Itauz Mine, Kazakhstan, an example of a photo from the Mindat database

Mindat.org is a non-commercial online database, claiming to be the largest mineral database and mineralogical reference website on the Internet. It is used by professional mineralogists, geologists, and amateur mineral collectors alike.

The website contains a significant catalogue of mineral entries, localities, and photographs. Registered editors may add and revise information on the regularly updating database.

As of 2016, it included:

  • 45,289 mineral names (this includes mineral varieties, synonyms, and discredited names), of which 5,091 are minerals or mineraloids recognized by the International Mineralogical Association.
  • 261,955 mineral localities worldwide, with information on 903,204 mineral occurrences within these sites.
  • Over 647,000 photos of minerals have been uploaded, arranged into galleries from collectors and institutions worldwide who wish to share their mineral collections online.
  • 48,657 users registered to upload photos and/or edit data.

History[]

Mindat was started in 1993 as a personal database project by Jolyon Ralph. He then developed further versions as a Microsoft Windows application before launching a community-editable database web site in October 2000.[1]

Mindat.org is now part of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational foundation incorporated in the state of New York.[2]

Jolyon Ralph was awarded the Mineralogical Society of America's Distinguished public service medal in 2011 for his work on Mindat.org.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "The History of Mindat". Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  2. ^ "The Hudson Institute of Mineralogy". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  3. ^ Mineralogical Society of America

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