STRATA

Rare finds

Rare patterns

Fossils are not the only scarce thing underground. Each of these patterns turns up in a handful of cores. Click one to drill it.

Live since the reveal

Rarity census

Worked out in your browser from all 10,000 seeds, every time the page loads. Nothing here is typed in by hand.

Dominant mineral Live

How many cores each mineral dominates, from most common to rarest.

Grain Live

Beds Live

Neighbouring beds of the same mineral read as one, so fewer beds means thicker bands.