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Mindat.org is a non-commercial interactive online database covering minerals around the world. Originally created by Jolyon Ralph as a private project in 1993, it was launched as a community-editable website in October 2000.
The data was exported from mindat.org on 29 April 2005; updated up to 'IMA2021'. The minerals are sorted by name, followed by the structural group ( rruff.info/ima and ima-cnmnc by mineralienatlas.de, mainly ) or chemical class ( mindat.org and basics ), the year of publication (if it's before of an IMA approval procedure), the IMA approval and ...
Mindat.org uses to give the chemical formula of some minerals as a range (between parentheses, if tin dominant then herzenbergite: (Sn,Pb)SnS 2; otherwise teallite: (Pb,Sn)SnS 2), on the other side the IMA Database of Mineral Properties/ Rruff Project uses to give the ideal chemical formula of the solid solution end member (herzenbergite: SnS).
Mesitite, a synonym of Mesitine Spar: information about the mineral Mesitite in the database Mindat. Iron-bearing Magnesite, a variety of Magnesite: information about Iron-bearing magnesites in the Mindat database. Pistomesite, a variety of Siderite (Mg-rich Siderite): information about pistomesites (magnesium-rich Siderites) in the Mindat ...
Cuprostibite (A valid IMA mineral species):information about the mineral cuprostibite in the Mindat database. Cuprostibite: John W. Anthony, Richard A. Bideaux, Kenneth W. Bladh, Monte C. Nichols (Hrsg.): Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineralogical Society of America. 2001.
Since October 2000, mindat.org has been an important resource for mineral related fields. Its original purpose was to share information about minerals, their properties and where they are found. Today, it is the world's largest public database of mineral information supported worldwide by volunteers adding and verifying new information daily. [5]
Eulytine (A valid IMA mineral species, grandfathered): information about the mineral eulytine in the Mindat database. Eulytine: John W. Anthony, Richard A. Bideaux, Kenneth W. Bladh, Monte C. Nichols (Hrsg.): Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineralogical Society of America. 2001. Eulytine in the webmineral.ru database: minerals and deposits of Russia.
Amethyst crystals – a purple quartz Apophyllite crystals sitting right beside a cluster of peachy bowtie stilbite Aquamarine variety of beryl with tourmaline on orthoclase Arsenopyrite from Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Aurichalcite needles spraying out within a protected pocket lined by bladed calcite crystals Austinite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico Ametrine ...