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While most of the content of Version 1 has been caried over to Version 2, a tremendous amount of new content has been added and all of the images from Version 1 are now in much higher resolution. The new version was developed using the latest technology,
Microsoft's SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005., and the interface is completely redesigned. It is imposssible to list all of the changes from Version 1, but perhaps a comparison of the features of each version would be helpful:
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- More than 6,500 high-resolution images
- Images for over 800 different species
- Data for more than 3,700 known minerals
- Mineral name pronunciations (audio)
Origins of mineral names
- Synonym and variety names
- Crystal forms, symmetry and twinning
- Mineral localities with index maps
- Modern Strunz mineral classification
- Glossary of mineral terminology
- Cross-indexes for easy searching
- Copy and print images and data
- Mineral identification game
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- Nearly 16,000 high-resolution images
- Images for nearly 1,700 different species
- All known mineral species (over 4,100)
- Mineral images from over 3,500 localities
- Ability to add your own images
- Descriptive & crystallographic data
- Mineral name pronunciations (audio)
- Origins of mineral names
- Mineral synonyms and varieties
- Search by properties, locality, chemistry, etc.
- Crystal form drawings (user controlled)
- Atomic structure drawings (user controlled)
- Dana & Strunz mineral classifications
- Glossary of mineral terms
- Print images and data
- Random & user-defined slide shows
- Mineral identification game
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