MinIdent-Win©: A very powerful and inexpensive tool for use in mineralogy, petrology, geology, environmental science, mineral exploration, applied mineralogy, gemology, forensic sciences, microanalysis and SEM studies. An invaluable aid to mineral collectors, museum curators, prospectors, teachers and professors.

The latest versions of the database and program were released in July 2007. For registered users, program updates are freely available.

MinIdent-Win continues to develop and expand. At the time of writing, it contains data for 5916 named and unnamed minerals as well as a further 384 mineral series, groups, families, etc. Unnamed minerals alone now total 1384. The list of synonyms now exceeds 2550.

The Help files have recently been updated to reflect the developments that have taken place since the launch of MinIdent-Win in 2003. Important other changes include a new, more accurate and versatile method for calculating concentrations from formulae, as well as a new layout for the "Tree" (Mineral classification scheme). This is now available as a free download from this website (Microsoft Access format).

Although a dedicated MAC® version of the program is not yet available, we are pleased to announce that MAC® owners report that MinIdent-Win runs very well on their platforms using the Virtual PC 7 with Windows XP software.

Micronex has just introduced a new option for the MinIdent-Win software­--the “Academic Site License”, designed specifically for universities and colleges who want to make use of this software’s great potential in the area of teaching. These multi-platform licenses are dedicated to particular Departments (teaching units) and are offered at greatly reduced cost. Click here to see the price structure and other details.