Did you wonder what that mineral was you found on your last field trip? Would you like to know how minerals are commonly identified? If you answered "Yes' to either of these, then Minrls is for you!
Mineral Identification Made Easy is composed of two great options. In both cases, up to nine properties are entered and any minerals matching those properties are printed out. If the list contains more than one mineral, a Candidate Mineral Analysis will help reduce the list to one mineral. Both methods are unique to Minrls.
In the Primary
Identification Method, you enter one
property at a time and get a list of all minerals that have that property plus
any properties already entered. Each property you enter reduces the list
of candidate minerals. At any point, you can to go to the
Candidate
Mineral Analysis to get comprehensive comparisons and complete lists of
properties.
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Note: These are photos, don't try to work the controls!
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| Enter up to nine properties of your unknown mineral. A hardness range between 6.4 and 7.4 has been selected for this example. | Get a list of all minerals with with these properties. | Use the candidate mineral analysis to reduce the list to one mineral |
In
the Alternate Identification Method, up to nine properties are entered.
The first chart above for entering hardness is an example. Hardness (and
density) can be entered in any degree of accuracy. A rough estimate will
result in a large list of candidate minerals. An exacting measurement will
result in one, or at most, a small list of candidate minerals. After
entering the last property, a list of one ore more mineral names is printed.
The second chart above is a typical output. If there is more than one
mineral in the list, a series of pages called the Candidate Mineral
Analysis can be called up with a single click. These pages help reduce the
list to one mineral. The last chart above is a sample page.
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Select any property. Color is used in this example. |
A list of colors is provided. Gray has been selected here. |
All gray minerals are listed. |
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| Select a second property. Luster was selected in this example. | A list of lusters is provided. Glassy has been selected for this example. | A new list of minerals is shown with those having the value of both properties. (In this example, several properties have been selected.) |
The above example is continued until there is only one mineral in the list or until all properties have been entered. If there is still more than one mineral in the list, the Candidate Mineral Analysis will help reduce it to one.
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