Virtual Microscope - Minerals

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The Virtual Microscope - Minerals is a professional and interactive virtual petrographic microscope that allows geologists to examine and explore minerals and their microscopic features (❗this app contains only minerals in thin sections using transmitted light - non-opaque minerals).

About this app

The Virtual Microscope - Minerals is a professional and interactive virtual petrographic microscope that allows geologists to examine and explore minerals and their microscopic features (❗this app contains only minerals in thin sections using transmitted light - non-opaque minerals).

The Virtual Microscope - Minerals makes Optical Mineralogy easier to examine a thin section and to understand the characteristic properties of each mineral without a petrographic microscope, which is known to be very expensive. It is mainly addressed to geoscience students/geologists as a guide in individual or supervised laboratory work.

The app is Made by a Geologist for Geologists.

🔬 MAIN FEATURES 🔬
🌟 92 most common minerals in thin-section which cover all silicate and non-silicate classes;
🌟 High-quality thin-sections related to Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary rocks;
🌟 360 degrees interactive movement of the plates by dragging in a circular movement;
🌟 Magnification – zooming in and out;
🌟 detailed observations for each mineral under the microscope (both PPL and XPL);
🌟 user-friendly interface, ad-free, and very intuitive;
🌟 Regular updates.

❗❗❗ For minerals in reflected light (opaque minerals), I have developed another app (Virtual Minerals - Ore Minerals).

Ratings and reviews

Def. worth the price if you have to work with a microscope to identify thin sections at some point. +almost all important minerals in 360° view, (only missed Flourite so far) +extremely helpful in identifying, drawing and comparing thin sections. = The Zoom is just that. A zoom of the photo and doesn't do much. - no lower magnification, some minerals are too large to see the crystal form. - No opaque minerals (in another app) (I'd rather pay a bit more than needing 10 different apps)

easy to use, knowledgeable, clear all in the comfort of your phone, do wish you improve the quality of zooming in and out for better mineral details otherwise highly rate it.

Generally, good idea BUT, I feel cheated in relation to price. Those are very few minerals, scanty information. App is about 50% user friendly. Best price would be USD 2 or less until any queries here are addressed. Varied rating is only about standards and certainly some are low others are high based on comments i have read. Please increase minerals, lower price etc. These will make your app a go to place. For now, I'm wondering how i can get 60% refund.

What’s new

🌟 Fixed minor bugs.