# Minerals Center

> Search and identify minerals

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1531110109](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1531110109)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1531110109`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Wilko Thomassen
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (350 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.26
- **Last updated:** 2022-01-26
- **First published:** 2021-02-09
- **Size:** 134 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/minerals-center/id1531110109)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.thomassenapps.com/mineralscenter/privacy-policy.html](http://www.thomassenapps.com/mineralscenter/privacy-policy.html)

## Description

Minerals Center helps you identify minerals, rocks, crystals, and stones. The standout feature is a photo-based identifier that recognises a mineral from an image.

In addition, you can search minerals by their characteristics and save items to a checklist to track your finds.

## Rankings

- #85,222 — Overall

## Review summary

The Minerals Center app is free and offers mineral composition data and a community for discussion, serving as a useful reference point. However, users repeatedly report crashes and instability, and identifications are unreliable, with many incorrect or inconsistent results and unclear rock identification. Improvements to accuracy, stability, and clearer rock naming would greatly increase usefulness.

### Pros

- Free to use (no subscription required).
- Shows mineral compositions with percentages.
- Provides a useful reference point for rock/mineral exploration.
- Offers a community/forum for discussing rocks with others.

### Cons

- Crashes and instability; the app often does not work as expected.
- Identifications are inaccurate and inconsistent across attempts.
- Rock identification is not directly provided; results can be unclear or overwhelming with many mineral possibilities.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1531110109)