Wow, it's even more comprehensive than the Dwarf Fortress wiki. https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Stone
Mindat.org, the largest open database of minerals, rocks, and meteorites
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Re: Mindat.org, the largest open database of minerals, rocks, and meteorites
#12I always wonder what kind of data modeling is used in such websites.
OWL 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
- atelestite on WikiData (RDF based): https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3627885
Re: Mindat.org, the largest open database of minerals, rocks, and meteorites
#13Can the database be exported somehow?
Re: Mindat.org, the largest open database of minerals, rocks, and meteorites
#14If you like information about minerals, you might find my visualisation of world production of different minerals also interesting: 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 in…
I made a post about this on Mindat discussions:
https://www.mindat.org/message.php?m=562336
Re: Mindat.org, the largest open database of minerals, rocks, and meteorites
#15Can the database be exported somehow?
There is a thread on discussions about Mindsat API:
https://www.mindat.org/mesg-450899.html#557085
They may have some funding on September to make a public API.
Re: Mindat.org, the largest open database of minerals, rocks, and meteorites
#16If you like information about minerals, you might find my visualisation of world production of different minerals also interesting: 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 in…
Very 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/
Re: Mindat.org, the largest open database of minerals, rocks, and meteorites
#17I always wonder what kind of data modeling is used in such websites.
OWL 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 - atelestite on WikiData (RDF based): https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3627885
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Re: Mindat.org, the largest open database of minerals, rocks, and meteorites
#18It’s also awesome for finding abandoned mines, cool industrial sites, and interesting rock features if you like urban/rural exploration.
Re: Mindat.org, the largest open database of minerals, rocks, and meteorites
#19Is 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.
Re: Mindat.org, the largest open database of minerals, rocks, and meteorites
#20Is 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.
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.