A
Guide to Metal Detecting for Beginners
A Guide to Metal Detecting for Beginners. Submitted by Lauren and
her group in Ms. Ward's class.
http://store.alansfactoryoutlet.com/a-guide-to-metal-detecting-for-beginners-s/1845.htm
Volcano
Resources On Your Mobile Device
A great page of volcano links you can access on your mobile device.
Submitted by Sarah Anderson's school class at Valley Charter School.
http://www.smsmobilemarketing.us/volcano-mobile-resources.html
North
Jeffco Gem and Mineral Club (Colorado)
An excellent source of information and a good friend of the Colorado
Mineral Society
http://www.peaktopeak.com/njeffco/index.php
Lake George Gem and Mineral Club
Another great Colorado rock club!
http://www.lggmclub.org/
MTI-USA
United States Travel Information
http://www.mti-usa.com/colorado.html
Oil:
Not Exactly Dead Dinosaurs
The story of where oil comes from. Suggestion sent in by Ms. Plasse's
science class in Green Mountain Central School District, Vermont.
http://krilloil.com/oil-not-exactly-dead-dinosaurs.html
The Gemstone
List
Excellent resource for precious and semi-precious gemstones with pictures
and detailed information. Suggestion was sent in by Alex.
http://www.gemstoneslist.com
40
Common Minerals - Tungsten, Silver, Feldspar & more!
Excellent resouce for students and teachers doing research on minerals
sent to us by Sarah, a school teacher.
The site is courtesy of Lawson Jewelers in Irvine, Calif.
http://www.larsonjewelers.com/40-common-minerals.aspx
The
Flourite Gallery
Click on the mineral on the left side and the info and picture will
show up on the right. 296 beautiful specimens.
http://www.peaktopeak.com/fluorite/index.php3
The
Walter Geology Library
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/geo/onlineguides.html
Virtual and On-line Geologic Field Trip Guides - a great list of web
pages that contain descriptive local geological or earth science information
for the United States or Canada. From the University of Texas Libraries.
Make sure you check out their links page!
World Volcanoes
http://www.worldvolcanoes.info/
Find useful information about volcanoes around the world. You can
find out volcanoes locations by country, area, and also by latitude
and longitude. We also include elevation for all volcanoes.
Virtual Museum of theHistory of Mineralogy
http://www.mineralogy.eu
The purpose of the Virtual Museum of the History of Mineralogy is
to bring together photographs and descriptions of representative
historical objects and information related to the early mineralogical
and crystallographic sciences
Chad's
Silversmithing Classes
http://home.comcast.net/~cvpark/
A site detailing silversmithing classes and also featuring gemstone
and jewelry information.
Arkansas
natural uncut diamonds
http://www.diamondsinar.com/
Genuine, natural, uncut diamond specimens
Mindat
http://www.mindat.org
Mindat.org is the world's largest online database of information on
minerals and the locations they are found. Currently delivering over
1.6 million page impressions a month, it is the most popular website
for mineral collectors, earth scientists, geology and mineralogy students
and rockhounds worldwide, and is built around a highly complex database
architecture that allows registered users around the world to submit
information based on their own local knowledge into the database (subject
to peer review). The photo gallery alone has over 20,000 photos of
mineral specimens uploaded by users of the sites into their own private
galleries.
GEOdyssey
The company, formed in 1996, encompasses many interests including
minerals, jewelry, crafts, writing, and traveling.
http://www.geodyssey-rocks.com/
Red and Green Minerals
Red and Green Minerals is one of the finest rock shops in Denver if
not one of the best rock shops in Colorado. Serving the lapidary hobby,
gem and jewelry trades, and rockhounds for over 35 years. Provides
custom jewelry and repair.
http://www.red-greenminerals.com/
Colorado Prospector
A site for the small scale gold prospector to conveniently find access
to public land, open to gold prospecting in and around Colorado's
gold belt.
http://www.coloradoprospector.com
Goldrush
Nuggets
Gold nugget site with some good links for prospecting and clubs.
http://www.goldrushnuggets.com/
OlympicRocks.com
A site dedicated to everything about rockhounding and lapidary.
http://www.OlympicRocks.com/
Fluorescent
Mineral Society - Home Page
A nonprofit international organization of professional mineralogists,
gemologists, amateur collectors, and others who study or collect fluorescent
minerals.
http://www.uvminerals.org/
The
Mineral Gallery
The website for rockhounds, mineral and crystal enthusiasts, and collectors!
Mineral, crystal, and rock specimens complete with color photos.
http://www.themineralgallery.com/
Rockwood
Gem and Mineral Society
To increase and disseminate knowledge of the earth sciences and the
lapidary arts among it's members, to bring a closer association of persons
sharing those interests, and to promote the conservation, appreciation
and intelligent use of our natural resources.
http://members.tripod.com/rockhounds
Mid-Hudson
Valley Gem and Mineral Society Inc.
Mid-Hudson Valley Gem and Mineral Society Inc. Now in our 30th year!
This is the home page of the Mid-Hudson Valley Gem and Mineral Society.
A society for the advancement of the Earth Sciences. We are headquartered
in Poughkeepsie, NY.
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/rockhounds
WELCOME
TO THE HGMS WEB SITE
HGMS, Houston Gem and Mineral Society, is a non profit organization
bringing together people interested in the Earth Sciences.
http://www.hgms.org/
Knoxville
Gem & Mineral Society Gem Society Page
Knoxville Gem & Mineral Society P.O. BOX 51554 KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
37950-0291 The Knoxville Gem and Mineral Society (KGMS) is a nonprofit,
educational and scientific interest group that meets monthly on the
third Thursday at 7:30 P.M. in the Brehm.
http://www.korrnet.org/kgms
Newsletter
Articles
Since the articles presented here are from different sources, the copyright
and reproduction of the individual articles will need to be determined
before they reproduced. Various Articles The list on the left side of
the page contains various...
http://www.amfed.org/narticle.htm
Houston
Gem and Mineral Society
Houston Gem and Mineral Society
http://www.hgms.org
The
University of Arizona Mineral Museum
Dedicated to providing public education and the preservation of minerals
and meteorites while also serving the research needs of professionals,
students and collectors. The collection is world-wide in scope, but
with specific emphasis on minerals from Arizona and Mexico.
http://www.uamineralmuseum.org/
Gem
& Mineral Links
Links to Internet websites of local gem & mineral dealers, gem &
mineral clubs, museums, and to websites associated with gemcutting or
gemology.
http://www.mysticrystals.com/Links.html
Gemstoneworld
- Links to Other Sites
Links to Gem and Mineral Sites, and Links I Like, The best source for
Faceting Gem Rough, Lapidary, Faceted Gems, Jewelry, Jewelery Settings,
Custom Jewellery, Settings, Mounts, Gemological Equipment, Faceting
Machines, Lapidary and faceting equipme
http://www.gemstoneworld.com/links/links.htm
DC
Area Mineral Clubs
Rock, Mineral, and Fossil Clubs in the Washington DC Area Last updated
on 4-29-99 Clubs in the National Capital Area Affiliated with the American
Federation of Mineralogical Societies and the Eastern Federation of
Mineralogical and Lapidary...
http://www.cpcug.org/user/clemenzi/minclubs.html
Franklin
Mineral Museum
A museum featuring minerals, rocks, fossils, Native American relics,
geology and replica mine workings. Thousands of specimens on display
of fluorescent minerals. Mineral collecting at the World's foremost
mineral locality.
http://www.darron.net/franklinmineralmuseum/
Mineral
News -- Gem, Mineral,Rock and Fossil Collector Information
Publisher of rockhound information including books and software for
Gem and Mineral Collectors and publisher of the Mineral News, information
on mineral, gem and rock localities and Gem and Mineral Shows
http://www.mineralnews.com/
Professional
Societies and Organizations
Professional Organizations and Societies American Association for the
Advancement of Science American Association of Petroleum Geologists
(AAPG) American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists American
Geological Institute (AGI) American...
http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/anon/org.htm
Tuscarora
Lapidary Society
Links Organizations The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) Eastern
Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies (EFMLS) American
Federation of Mineralogical Societies (AFMS) International Gem Society
(IGS) - much educational information...
http://www.lapidary.org/general/links.htm
Southern
California Rock and Mineral Links
http://www.mineralsocal.org/links.htm
Colorado
Rock Hounding Sites
Colorado Rockhounding-related websites with interactive clickable map
of Colorado.
http://www.peaktopeak.com/colorado/index.php3
Open
Directory - Science: Earth Sciences: Geology: Rocks and Minerals: Organizations
about dmoz | add URL | update URL | become an editor | feedback the
entire directory only in Rocks_and_Minerals/Organizations Top: Science:
Earth Sciences: Geology: Rocks and Minerals: Organizations (39) Collectors
and Amateur Interests (9...
http://dmoz.org/Science/Earth_Sciences/Geology/Rocks_and_Minerals/Organizations
Hoffman's
Home page
The Hoffman Family Homepage We live in Los Alamos, NM Earl is good looking
Linda is strong And everyone else in town is above average Here is a
little about us: We collect rocks, minerals and fossils plus all accessories
such as books, stamps...
http://pw1.netcom.com/~hoffmans
Gem and Mineral
Exploration Company
Online Mineral Sales and Monthly Auctions of Minerals, Fossils, Gemstones
- for Beginners to Connosieurs as well as Rockhounding Information
http://www.gemandmineral.com/
Rockamania
1999
Rockamania 2000 Lordsburg, New Mexico Photo courtesy of Jack Condry
Rockamania '98 February 10 thru February 29, 2000 Rockamania is a gathering
of rockhounds from all over the world. It is a chance to meet with long
term friends and make new...
http://www.gilanet.com/rockamania
Minerals
Caltech Library System Mineralogy sources Principles of Mineralogy Introduction
to Crystallography and Mineral Crystal Systems Mike and Darcy Howard
Links for Mineralogists (University of Würzburg) Gemstones (US Bureau
of Mines Special Publication..
http://library.caltech.edu/collections/geology/mineral.htm
George
H Grathoff
Department of Geology Portland State University [Geology Home] [Courses]
[People] [Site Search] Georg H. Grathoff email: grathoffg@pdx.edu RESUME
RESEARCH PROJECTS PUBLICATIONS COURSE OFFERINGS Other Links Structural
Geology Resources Clay Mineral..
http://www.geol.pdx.edu/people/ghg
Welcome to UV
SYSTEMS - Ultraviolet light products
Your Professional Fluorescent Mineral Display Resource __ TripleBright
Short Wave Long Wave UV Bulbs UV Filters Battery Pack Safety Goggles
Viewing Bags Photo Gallery UV News __ For all your UV needs UV SYSTEMS
brings you a complete line of high...
http://www.uvsystems.com/
Mineral
Species of Marin, TSAW Project
The Minerals of Marin The following listing conforms to that reported
in "Pelletier, Willis J., 1962, Mineral Species and Localities
of Marin County, Published by the Marin Mineral Society, P.O. Box 345,
San Rafael, CA 94901. The *starred* minerals.
http://citt.marin.cc.ca.us/ring/mineral.html
Okaloosa
County, Florida- Various Association Links
First Arts Florida Association of Counties National Association of Counties
Northern Gulf Coast Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication
Northwest Florida Press Club Northwest Florida Symphony Guild Okaloosa
County Education Association...
http://www.co.okaloosa.fl.us/association_links.html
ErnestCreations.com:
Links to Stone & Art Glass Sites
We are a custom studio, specializing in unique stone and art glass work.
We combine these into wearable works of art, set in sterling silver
and 14Kt gold. Each piece is custom designed and signed.
http://www.ernestcreations.com/links/links.cfm
CJ
Online's T-Town News: Meteorites and dinosaur eggs among treasures at
gem show 10/10/98
CJ Online (http://cjonline.com) offers news and information from The
Topeka Capital-Journal, updated daily and as news happens.
http://cjonline.com/stories/101098/com_gemshow.shtml
Island
Gem Search Page
Links - Info - Shop Tips - Other things that might interest you! Here
are some sites and other information you might find useful Getting Started
- The basics Shop Hints - Tips - Click here Other Rock Related Businesses
Etc. Around Victoria and...
http://www.islandnet.com/~islndgem/isearch.htm
Lycos
Home/Family Guide: Rocks, Gems, and Minerals
Free ISP - Find it - Talk about it - Shop for it Click here to visit
site Lycos Home> Home/Family> Hobbies> Kids Web Guide Women
Web Guide Health Web Guide Home & Family Message Board Need to Vent?
Join our Life & Coping Chat Shop for Home & Garden.
http://bos-fe6-1.bos.lycos.com/wguide/wire/wire_484573_49892_3_1.html
The Info Service
Rocks & Minerals Info Service.
http://info-s.com/rocks.html
Organizations
- Jewelry Making - Net Links
Jewelry Organizations, Guilds, Societies, and Non-Profit Associations
from your About.com Guide
http://jewelrymaking.miningco.com/msub14.htm
Link
List to rock and mineral sites; Rockhounding Arkansas
Link list of Rockhounding Arkansas.
http://www.rockhoundingar.com/linklist.html
Club
Page
Welcome to the Club! Submit your Club Information to us Today! We need
your help! Please fill in the form below with the name, address and
contact for your rock club. We are currently working on a complete list
of Pennsylvania Rock Clubs and it can.
http://www.pennminerals.com/clubpage.htm
charles
b. ward fluorescent minerals
One of the world's leading supplier of fine quality Fluorescent Minerals.
http://www.fluorescentminerals.com
Exploring
Barstow - Fall of '99 edition
Index Community Entertainment History Home Industry Museums Outdoors
Rockhounding Rainbow Basin Black Canyon & Inscription Canyon Afton
Canyon Amboy and Amboy Crater Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Area
Stoddard Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Area...
http://www.exploring-barstow.com/outdoors/rockhounding.html
Frank
Mayo Biography
Museum Web Page
http://www.chara.gsu.edu/~weinman/fmbio.html
Come
to a SMS Meeting and meet the Members
Monthly Meetings of the Sacramento Mineral Society Educational Meeting:
Third Thursday of each month at 7:30 PM. Meetings held at 4205 LeMay
St., Mather Field Facility, Rancho Cordova, CA. Guests and visitors
welcome. Membership dues $12.50/year...
http://westwood.fortunecity.com/whistle/489/meetings.html
Bob's
Rock Shop: Web Sites for Rockhounds Page One
The Shop's Link List Web Sites for Rockhounds Page One Link Problem?
Please report broken or changed links to bkeller@rockhounds.com. I'd
also be glad to hear from you if you know of a kindred site or resource
not listed here and would like to...
http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/llist1.html
Just
for Editors
Just for Editors. Non-commerical internet resources to aid rock and
gem club editors.
http://www.commean.com/rocks/mwf/editors
Rock Shop
Don Edwards FOSSILIST & PETRIFACTIONEER TIDESWELL DALE ROCK SHOP
Commercial Road, Tideswell, Derbyshire United Kingdom TELEPHONE / FAX
01298-871606 ( 44-1298-871606) E-mail : rocks@tideswel.demon.co.uk The
village of Tideswell lies at the heart of..
http://www.tideswel.demon.co.uk/
Lycos
Home/Family Guide: Rocks, Gems, and Minerals
Free ISP - Find it - Talk about it - Shop for it Click here to visit
site Lycos Home> Home/Family> Hobbies> Kids Web Guide Women
Web Guide Health Web Guide Home & Family Message Board Need to Vent?
Join our Life & Coping Chat Shop for Home & Garden.
http://www.lycos.cs.cmu.edu/wguide/wire/wire_484573_49892_3_21.html
What's
New at Rock's Place
If you enjoy hunting for rocks, lapidary and stuff then this is a good
place to stop!
http://www.ghgcorp.com/gpenning/whatnew.htm
VLGM
mailing lists
The very-low-grade metamorphism mailing list The list is intended to
provide a forum for discussion and rapid communication encompassing
the following topics -> very low grade metamorphism -> diagenesis
of clastic and volcanic rocks -> clay...
http://www.geol.uni-erlangen.de/vlgm/mail/mailing.html
Mama's
Minerals' Way Cool Links to Other Fascinating Rock, Mineral, Fossil,
and Meteorite Sites.
Features a wealth of links to websites dealing with Earth and Planetary
Sciences, Geology, Rocks and Minerals, Meteorites, and Fossils.
http://www.mamasminerals.com/teacher.htm
Rockville
Community Network: Community Organizations
Community Organizations Rockville is home to numerous community and
neighborhood organizations. Our citizens are very active. Rockville
has a continous process that involves citizens with shaping the future
of their City. Visit the Imagine...
http://www.rocknet.org/Community
Associations
of Oceanside, CA
Home page for most service organizations and associations of the City
of Oceanside, California.
http://www.ci.oceanside.ca.us/library/Associations/osideno.html
Home Page
Welcome to Kevin Conroy Minerals 10076 Barberton Drive St. Louis, MO
63126 (314) 849-6450 k.conroy@worldnet.att.net Last Update: March 28,
2000 All measurements are in centimeters. Click on any picture for a
larger view. Page 1 Page 2 Hi, and...
http://www.kcminerals.com/
CCGC.ORG
-- Links of Similar Interest
Select a Page Table of Contents Presidents Message Shows and Events
Field Trips Museum Showcase Swap Shop Classified Ads Newsletter Membership
App Code of Ethics Meeting Site Charities Contact Us Links Use this
dropdown menu to find any page at...
http://www.ccgc.org/links.html
BRYAN AIVAZIAN'S
SCIENCE VISUALIZATION HOME PAGE
BRYAN AIVAZIAN'S SCIENCE VISUALIZATION HOME PAGE Welcome to my Science
Visualization Home Page! This page has been established to provide access
to the best remote sensing and image processing information for earth
science students. From here both..
http://w3.trib.com/~bryana
Tucson Gem and
Mineral Show Report
Tucson and Denver Gem and Mineral Show Reports, Show Information and
Resources, Links to Dealers
http://www.tucsonshow.com/
Publications
- Jewelry Making - Net Links
Jewelry Publications from your About.com Guide
http://jewelrymaking.tqn.com/msub17.htm
GemWorld's
Links to other sites
GemWorld MINES Open to the Public Quartz Crystals Arkansas Dig Your
Own Quartz Crystals Arkansas Chalk Mines Scotia, Nebraska Explore the
singular beauty of the North Loup River Valley as you climb to the top
of Happy Jack Peak, with its summit...
http://www.gemworld.com/LinksMines.ASP
Medina
Ohio, in Medina County, Complete Internet Guide.: Recreation and Leisure
Medina Ohio, in Medina County, guide to the Internet. Complete informational
resource for Medina, Brunswick, Wadsworth, Seville, Lodi, Valley City
and Westfield Center.
http://www.medinahomepage.com/Recreation_and_Leisure
Collect
Fluorescent Minerals at Trotter Dump
Trotter 200 Update Plus pictures and trip report from last year Trotter
Dump & Sterling Hill! April 29 & 30, 2000 in conjunction with
the NJESA/FOMS/SHMM Spring Show! It's time to prepare for this year's
action-packed weekend in Franklin, New...
http://www.dvess.org/pages/trotter.html
The
AnswerSleuth's Crystal Collecting
Crystal Collecting
http://answersleuth.com/collectibles/crystal_collecting.9.shtml
Bob's
Rock Shop: Other Internet Resources for Rockhounds
The Shop's Link List Other Internet Resources for Rockhounds Link Problem?
Please report broken or changed links to bkeller@rockhounds.com. I'd
also be glad to hear from you if you know of a kindred site or resource
not listed here and would like...
http://rockhounds.com/rockshop/llist5.html
BLM
Colorado - Grand Junction FO Paleontology
BLM manages 8.3 million acres of public lands. These lands are managed
for: recreation, mining, wildlife habitat, livestock grazing, wilderness.
BLM also oversees 27.3 million subsurface acres.
http://www.co.blm.gov/gjra/gjrafossils.html
Mineralogy Database
in HTML Format
This mineral database contains more than 5,000 web pages of mineral
data. There are 4,102 individual mineral species descriptions with links.
http://webmineral.com/
San
Diego Natural History Museum: Mineralogy
The Mineralogy Department maintains an extensive collection on minerals
from southern California, as well as a synoptic collection of minerals
from around the world, including 26,000 catalogued specimens of minerals,
meteorites, and precious gems.
http://www.sdnhm.org/research/mineralogy/index.html
Handbook
of Mineralogy
Minerals
and Mineral Collecting
A
Short Introduction to Mineralogy
Minerals:
Definitions, Properties, and Occurrences
Gems
and Minerals: Glossary of Terms
Glossary
of Minerals
The
Image Gallery: Minerals
Amethyst
Gallery
Minerals
Image Gallery
Mineral
Chemistry
Mineral
Physics
Optical
Mineralogy and Petrography
Occurrence,
Mineralogy, Textures and Structures of Sedimentary Rocks
American
Mineralogist
Elements
Gems
and Gemology
Geo Science
World
Mineralogy Database
Crystollagraphy
Open Database
Geo Ref
Information Services
Geological Society
of America
International
Mineralogical Association
Smithsonian
Institution Department of Mineral Sciences
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