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Hi, John– Some rockhounds will spend thousands for the right rock, and some consider paying for a rock as something like cheating. How many would pay for the right database, I do not know. All I know is I have balked at spending $500 for Aleph Enterprises' MINERAL database of properties of 3200+ minerals, but would jump at the same thing without X-ray data for $100 if they offered it as they did some years back. I am uncommonly computer-oriented (it is my profession) among rockhounds (my hobby) as things stand now, so a project like this, shareware or otherwise, would depend on many more rockhounds being lured into joining the Information Revolution. –Doug