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.


Academic Citation

Warr, L.N. (2021) IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291–320.