Mindat.org open mineral database and reference
from j4k3@lemmy.world to science@mander.xyz on 20 Jun 23:27
https://lemmy.world/post/31738594

Found out about this website from today's Geology Hub uploaded on YT

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v75f530yFOY > This crystal doubles images, meaning that if you look through it that anything on the other side whether that be text, a person, or a photo of a volcano will appear to be doubled. But, why does this unusual optical property occur when utilizing a crystal of calcite? The answer is a fascinating phenomenon known as birefringence, which this video will explain through the expertise and analysis of a geologist.

This is the about-page of which text continues past the posted image on the left side:
www.mindat.org/a/aboutmindat
Here is the link to the discussion groups page pictured:
www.mindat.org/discuss.php

And as a further aside, the image was made with an F-Droid app that is new to me but popped up 3 months ago apparently and has a lot of great features for stitching images and creating content:

f-droid.org/…/ru.tech.imageresizershrinker github.com/T8RIN/ImageToolbox

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Geodad@lemmy.world on 21 Jun 03:07 collapse

That’s awesome!

That’s rigjt up there with the ROCKD app.