Owner | The Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, Keswick, Virginia |
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Created by | Jolyon Ralph, et al. |
Industry | Mineralogy |
URL | www |
Commercial | No |
Launched | 10 October 2000 |
OCLC number | 643335336 |
Mindat.org is a non-commercial online database, claiming to be the largest mineral database and mineralogical reference website on the Internet.[1] 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[update], it included:
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.[2]
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.[3][4]
Jolyon Ralph was awarded the Mineralogical Society of America's Distinguished public service medal in 2011 for his work on Mindat.org.[5]