CompuServe Messages

Hi, Lanny– Hopefully, the database will have a lot more than 2 uses. Show me all barium minerals for use in my report on barium; given a mineral name, add formula and xtal system to the automatic label printout; find me a mineral in my collection which I can use for rat poison; and so on beyond imagination. This calls into my mind another field that could be handy someday: the precise crystallographic spec of the mineral. Perhaps a program could automatically generate/find crystal drawings based on that spec, or discard candidates based on angle measurements using that spec. Without said programs, that is best left for the pro databases, but keep it in mind for a someday project. –Doug