General Requirements
- Windows 7, 8, 10
- Requires Net Framework 4.0 or higher (Free Download)
- Requires Access 2010 Database Engine (Free Download)
- Mouse or other pointing device
- Optional printer supported by Windows
Mineral Database
- Reference database listing Mineral Name, Formula and Crystal System
- Contains all major recognized minerals
- ID/Bookmark
- Printing and clipboard support
- Link to advanced details on Wikipedia for all minerals
- Search all fields with partial or complete keywords
Mineral Commodities Database
- Database listing Commodities, Mineral Name, Formula, Physical Properties and Geological Model
- View, add and delete images, sample image set included
- Optical properties database for all major opaque ore minerals
- Over 70 mineral commodities and 200 minerals
- ID/Bookmark
- Printing and clipboard support
- Link to advanced details on Wikipedia for all minerals
- Search all fields with partial or complete keywords
Rock Forming Minerals Database
- Database listing Commodities, Mineral Name, Formula, Physical Properties and Geological Model
- View, add and delete images, sample image set included
- Optical properties database for all major opaque ore minerals
- Over 70 mineral commodities and 200 minerals
- ID/Bookmark
- Printing and clipboard support
- Link to advanced details on Wikipedia for all minerals
- Search all fields with partial or complete keywords
- Search all fields with partial key words
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The WinRock Database
The WinRock Database is a petrographic database of over 300 igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. Each rocktype contains a petrographic summary consisting of Rock Name, Group, Family, Texture, Structure, Composition, Occurrence and Comments. The descriptions have been standardized using standard petrographic terms. Searches can be done on individual or multiple fields using partial or complete key words. The composition field can be searched with up to three minerals simultaneously.
- Petrographic descriptions of over 300 igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks
- View, add and delete images, sample image set included
- Scrollable list of rock names
- Search each field simultaneously using keywords
- ID/Bookmark
- Printing and clipboard support
- Link to advanced details on Wikipedia
A typical record looks like:
- Rock Name: Lamproite
- Group: Igneous
- Family: Lamproites
- Texture: Inequigranular, porphyritic
- Structure: Massive
- Composition: Phlogopite, diopside (clinopyroxene), richterite, enstatite (orthopyroxene), sanidine (K feldspar), leucite, glass, serpentine (sec), xenocrysts
- Occurrence: Hypabyssal, volcanic
- Comments: A general term for highly potassic mafic to ultramafic rocks occurring as small extrusions, dykes and pipes
XRD Mineral Database
The WinRock Database is a petrographic database of over 300 igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. Each rocktype contains a petrographic summary consisting of Rock Name, Group, Family, Texture, Structure, Composition, Occurrence and Comments. The descriptions have been standardized using standard petrographic terms. Searches can be done on individual or multiple fields using partial or complete key words. The composition field can be searched with up to three minerals simultaneously.
- Reference database listing over 3700 minerals with 3 strongest d-spacings and intensities
- Printing and clipboard support
- ID/Bookmark
- Link to advanced details on rruff.info for all minerals
- Sorting
- Search d-spacing and mineral name
