[Freebase-discuss] New Minerals Base and Types now available

[Gordon Mackenzie]

Looks interesting, mining/commodities extracted should have a location(s)?

Just wondering if you want to tackle some of the more basic mineral
properties like structure, hardness, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral

Or discovery(ies) with date/location and maybe by.

On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Thad Guidry <thadguidry at gmail.com> wrote:
> NEW Minerals Base:  http://minerals.freebase.com/
>
> Thanks to help from a few members of the CNMNC and LSU Department of Geology
> and Geophysics for working with me offline on this.
>
> Some basic types are supported (take a look at the schema) and even
> statistical data from USGS is thrown in there for good measure.  Like World
> Mine Production and really cool connections between a Commodity and the
> Mineral Sources it is found in or mined
> from: http://www.freebase.com/view/base/minerals/views/industrial_commodities
>
> Much more data to come in the future.
>
> Comments welcome!
>
> --
> -Thad
> http://www.freebase.com/view/en/thad_guidry
>
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Gordon Mackenzie | Schema Wrangler (Ontologist) | gmackenz at google.com |