RockVault

RockVault is a camera scanner and private cabinet for rockhounds, mineral collectors, crystal collectors, and geology students. Take a photo of a specimen — a fresh face, a few angles if you have them — and get a proposed species with a confidence score, lookalikes, Mohs hardness, crystal system, luster, streak, common localities, care notes, and toxicity warnings when they matter. Confirm or correct the ID. The model proposes; you decide. Then file the stone: photos, where you found it, notes, tags, folders, and an estimated value range when one exists. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Identify rocks, minerals, crystals, and gems from one or more photos • See lookalikes so pyrite is not sold as gold, and calcite is not called quartz • Read properties that actually help in the field: hardness, system, streak, luster, gravity, associations • Keep a personal cabinet with locality, GPS when you pin it, and notes • Work offline on a pack of common species when the trail has no signal • Search a field guide of 200+ species by name, formula, color, or place • Use Field mode: color, luster, hardness, compass heading, GPS pin — large controls, high contrast HOW TO GET A BETTER ID A broken face beats a weathered rind. Shoot dry. Include a coin or fingernail for scale. Two angles beat one perfect shot. A streak plate still settles lookalikes. HONEST LIMITS Photo ID is not a lab. Similar-looking minerals need a streak plate, a hardness test, and sometimes a locality. RockVault shows confidence and alternatives instead of pretending certainty. RockVault Pro (optional) unlocks unlimited AI scans, the full offline pack, value estimates, export, and no 40-specimen cap. Free use is 5 AI scans a day. Privacy: your cabinet stays on the device in this version. No account required to scan. RockVault is built for people who actually pick up stones — not for replacing a field guide or a geologist.