mindat.org

Mindat.org is a non-commercial online mineralogical database, claiming to be the largest mineral database and mineralogical reference website on the internet.It contains a significant database of minerals, localities and mineral photographs, and is updated constantly by registered users adding and editing entries.As of March 1, 2006, it includes:27,360 mineral names (this includes mineral varieties, synonyms and discredited names, of which 3,977 are minerals recognised by the International Mineralogical Association.102,737 mineral localities worldwide, with information on 340,221 mineral occurrences within these sites46,649 of the localities have maps and/or grid coordinates available, and the site can use a java globe applet to show the location.44,433 photos of minerals have been uploaded, arranged into galleries from collectors worldwide who wish to share their mineral collections online.3,596 users registered to upload photos and/or edit data.
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