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
#2These collaborative databases curated by people working in the field are usually gems.
Re: Mindat.org, the largest open database of minerals, rocks, and meteorites
#3Sorry couldn't resist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1yYJBzf1VQ
Re: Mindat.org, the largest open database of minerals, rocks, and meteorites
#4Sorry couldn't resist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1yYJBzf1VQ
No kidding, was just thinking: Nice, probably Hank's homepage.
Re: Mindat.org, the largest open database of minerals, rocks, and meteorites
#5These collaborative databases curated by people working in the field are usually gems.
This isn't technically a gem, it's a semi-precious website.
Re: Mindat.org, the largest open database of minerals, rocks, and meteorites
#6Also: https://www.gemdat.org/
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#7My friend who specializes in geochemistry and mineralogy does contribute to this site frequently - he uploaded over 1,5k photos of minerals samples
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#8I always wonder what kind of data modeling is used in such websites.
Re: Mindat.org, the largest open database of minerals, rocks, and meteorites
#9Sorry couldn't resist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1yYJBzf1VQ
I have not clicked the link, but I am 100% certain I know what you've posted anyway. My thought exactly, too. Right after reading the headline.
Re: Mindat.org, the largest open database of minerals, rocks, and meteorites
#10If 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 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.