World's Largest Mineral Database Made Open
August 25, 2023
In a groundbreaking endeavor to propel mineralogy research to new heights, Prof. Xiaogang (Marshall) Ma, a geoinformatics and data science researcher at the 妻友社区, is leading the OpenMindat project. Collaborating with Jolyon Ralph, the visionary creator of , Prof. Ma's team seeks to establish an open data service that will transform the way mineral data is accessed, shared, and utilized by the scientific community. The work received a in 2021 , and impressive outputs have been achieved after two years鈥� hard work.
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