Data Sources
MineralWild uses data and images from the following sources. We are grateful to these organizations and individuals for making their work available.
Image Sources
Rob Lavinsky / iRocks.com
CC-BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Most mineral atlas images in this app were photographed by mineralogist Rob Lavinsky (The Arkenstone), published via Wikimedia Commons.
Smithsonian Open Access
CC0 Public Domain
Mineral specimen images from the Smithsonian Institution's Open Access initiative.
RRUFF Database
CC-BY 4.0
Mineral photos and data from the University of Arizona's RRUFF mineral database.
Openverse
Various CC Licenses
Mineral images collected by Creative Commons' Openverse open media search engine.
Pixabay
Pixabay License
Free commercial-use mineral photos contributed by Pixabay community photographers.
USGS
Public Domain
Mineral and geological images published by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Mineral Data Sources
IMA — CNMNC Master List
CC BY-SA 3.0
Official mineral names, formulae, IMA status, and type localities of IMA-approved minerals.
Wikidata
CC0 Public Domain
Chinese mineral names, crystal systems, Strunz classifications, and external links.
Other Data Sources
MaxMind GeoLite2
GeoLite2 End User License Agreement
Country-level IP geolocation data used for regional compliance, security signals, and abuse prevention. This product includes GeoLite2 data created by MaxMind, available from https://www.maxmind.com.
OpenStreetMap · LocationIQ
ODbL · © OpenStreetMap contributors
Place-name search and reverse-geocoding of specimen localities. Geographic data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), served via LocationIQ (Unwired Labs); your device never contacts LocationIQ directly.