- "Higher Education Connection"
The Mineralogical Society of America's "Higher Education Connection," with links to other sites dealing with minerals.
http://www.minsocam.org/
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
- "Natural Gemstones"
The USGS online booklet.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/gemstones/
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
- Alphabetical Mineral Reference
A text-based listing of minerals with information on chemistry and crystallography of minerals from the Department of Geology at the University of Wisconsin, USA.
http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~jill/glossary2.html
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
- Athena Mineralogy
Online database of minerals and gems.
http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/mineral/mineral.html
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
- Bob's Rock Shop
Bob is an old-fashioned rock hound and computer enthusiast who developed one of the best online resources for mineral collectors and lapidary hobbyists. Spend some time browsing his site - there is a lot of really fun information here.
http://www.rockhounds.com/
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
- Crater of Diamonds State Park
Official web site of the only location in the world where you are invited to dig for diamonds and keep all you find.
http://www.yournet.com/crater.html
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
- International Colored Gemstone Association
Professional non-profit association which represents gemstone wholesalers, cutters and miners, currently from 41 countries.
http://www.gemstone.org
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
- Links for Mineralogists
Link library related to mineralogy and crystallography.
http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/mineralogie/links.html
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
- Magnetite on Mars
Microscopic magnetite crystals within the famous Martian meteorite ALH84001.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast20dec_1.htm
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
- MinDat.org
Mindat.org may be the largest mineralogical reference on the internet. It was launched for free on the web in October 2000. If you can't remember the chemical composition of skutterudite you will find it among 10,022 minerals, varieties and synonyms listed, as well as information on where to find it.
http://www.mindat.org/index.php
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
- Mineralogy Database
This website has an extensive listing of minerals and detailed information on their chemical composition, crystal forms, and images of many minerals. Also searchable for the 4,255 minerals in the database. Very cool!
http://webmineral.com/
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
- Minerals and Gems on Stamps
A site featuring "Minerals and Gems on Stamps" from many countries, Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
http://stampmin.home.att.net/
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
- Minerals and Geology in the Ouachita National Forest
United States Forest Service geologist, John C. Nichols, created a series of pages to help hopeful mineral prospectors locate minerals in the Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas.
http://www.fs.fed.us/oonf/minerals/welcome.htm
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
- Minerals By Name
About 1,000 minerals are listed by name with chemical composition stated in English.
http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/byname.htm
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
- Minerals on the Internet
An organized listing of mineral sites is available at Minerals on the Internet.
http://www.tasagraphicarts.com/minlinks.html
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
- MinMax Mineral Information System
An experimental web site from Germany containing a growing data base of mineral locations from around the world. Want to know if there are any interesting minerals in your area? Enter your location in the search box and "GO"!
http://web2.donzampano.com/index.php?&lang=en&SID=aa888aa9ae91a5f6d7cd002515ca73f5
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
- Rockhounding Arkansas
Arkansas, USA is a mineral collector's dream. On this site, a geologist employed by the Arkansas Geological Commission provides a great resource of mineral collecting sites and information on minerals found in "The Natural State".
http://rockhoundingar.com/
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
- Rockhounds Information Page
A very diverse site with links to educational resources, geologic professional societies, commercial suppliers, and more.
http://www.rahul.net/infodyn/rockhounds/rockhounds.html
(Added: Mon Feb 17 2003)
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