Virtual Microscope - Minerals

Interactive thin sections of minerals under the microscope.

App info

Version :

2025.11

Category :

Education

Update :

November 02, 2025

Installs :

1,188

Developer :

farcraft

Price :

$9.49

Requires Android :

Android 6.0+

Content Rating :

Everyone

App description

Android App Analysis and Review: Virtual Microscope - Minerals, Developed by farcraft. Listed in Education Category. Current Version Is 2025.11, Updated On 02/11/2025 . According to users reviews on Google Play: Virtual Microscope - Minerals. Achieved Over 1 thousand Installs. Virtual Microscope - Minerals Currently Has 163 Reviews, Average Rating 4.4 Stars

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).

What's New

? Fixed minor bugs.

Rate and review on Google Play store

4.4

163 total

5 72.7

4 11.8

3 8.1

2 3.7

1 3.7

Total number of installs (*estimated)

Estimation of total number of installs on Google Play, Approximated from number of ratings and install bounds achieved on Google Play.

Recent Comments

Zeke's Convergence

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)

Mike Karanja

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.

A Google user

Hi, this is a great app for students. I think i didn't read it properly and i thought i could use this app to figure out what mineral i have on my thin section. So its not helpful for me but this is a great app for student and new learners. I would like to redeem my money if its possible.

Joey Hamlet

Needs more minerals, otherwise a well made app and useful at that (for the minerals that exist so far). Would be 5 stars with some more minerals, ex. K-feldspars could be expanded.

A Google user

oh my god, this is incredible. the app geology students need during mineralogy! please expand the mineral list, as many we study aren't included. looking forward to future updates!