Cool Links
Organizations
Lapidary Materials and Equipment
Online Journals and Magazines
Online Data Bases

Rockhounding
  • Bob's Rock Shop
  • Collecting Sites
  • Cyberwall Rockhounding and Mineral Collecting
  • Mining Co. Guide to Mineral Collecting
  • Rockhounding Arkansas
  • Rockhounding, Mineral Collecting, and Our National Forests
  • Washington State Rockhounding

    • Government Links

  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • USDA Forest Service
  • USDA Forest Service Mineral and Geology Management
  • Minerals, Geology, Rockhounding on the Ouachita and Ozark National Forests
  • The National Park Service - Park Geology
  • Lapidary Digest
  • Freshman Science Hunterdon Central Regional High School (Flemington, NJ)
  • Nappers Anonymous
  • Rockhound Message Board
  • Gold Miner's Headquarters
  • Mineralogy Software (Mineralogy Club of Antwerp, Belgium)
  • National Rockhound & Lapidary Hall of Fame

    Minerals

  • Alphabetical Mineral Reference
  • Cape Cod Rocks
  • mindat.org
  • The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom
  • Mineralogy Database
  • State & Provincial GeoSymbols
  • theImage Hundreds of images of minerals and gems with property data
  • YupRocks.com Rock and Mineral Pictures

    Fossils

  • The Arizona Sedimentary Geology and Paleontological Resource
  • Fossils of New Jersey
  • Fossil Sites
  • Fossils Facts and Finds
  • A Guide to the Orders of Trilobites
  • Nashville Fossils
  • State Fossils
  • State & Provincial Fossils

    Lapidary Schools

  • Camp Paradise (Northern California)
  • Wild Acres Retreat (Little Switzerland, NC)
  • William Holland School of Lapidary Arts
  • ZZYZX (Southern California)

    Online Maps

  • Google Maps
  • TopoZone
  • Excite Maps & Directions
  • MapBlast!
  • Maptech MapServer
  • National Atlas of the United States
  • Yahoo! Maps

    Publications

  • The Mineralogical Record
  • Rock & Gem
  • Rocks & Minerals
  • Ganoskin Online
  • Gemstone Newsletter

    Museums

  • A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum (Houghton, MI)
  • American Museum of Natural History (New York, NY)
  • Bob Campbell Geology Museum (Clemson University - Clemson, SC)
  • Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, PA)
  • Clement Mineral Museum (Marion, KY)
  • Cleveland Museum of Natural History (Cleveland, OH)
  • Colburn Gem & Mineral Museum (Asheville, NC)
  • Denver Museum of Natural History (Denver, CO)
  • Franklin Mineral Museum (Franklin, NC)
  • Franklin Mineral Museum (Franklin, NJ)
  • The Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum (Carleton University, 
  • Houston Museum of Natural Science (Houston, TX)
  • James Madison University Mineral Museum (Harrisonburg, VA)
  • The Museum of Paleontology (University of California, Berkeley)
  • National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution)
  • Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University (New Haven, CT)
  • Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals (Hillsboro, OR)
  • Smithsonian Institution Gem & Mineral Collection (Washington, DC)
  • The University of Arizona Mineral Museum (Tucson, AZ)
  • William Weinman Mineral Museum (Cartersville, GA)

    Sites For Educators

  • Earth Science Education Network
    Education Committee of the Kentucky Geological Survey, in conjunction with the Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists provide Educational Resources for K-12.
  • National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Curriculum Awards Metro Nashville, TN
    Curriculum Award Winners includes curriculums on Earth Sciences.
  • Energy Education Resources
    A list published by the National Energy Information Center of generally available free or low-cost educational materials available from different organizations. 
  • Reach Every Child Science/Geology
  • Mineral Information Institute - For Teachers Only
    Teacher Helper Packets in PDF format.
  • Rocks & Minerals Page Designed for elementary teachers interested in the study of rocks and minerals.
  • ThinkwaveTeachers publish classroom information for students and parents

    • Other Organizations

  • American Geological Institute
  • Canadian Rockhound
  • Gem & Mineral Federation of Canada
  • Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
  • Mineralogical Society of America
  • National Speleological Society
  • Society of American Silversmiths

    • Software

  • GemCad
  • MineralLabel - Label Program

    Other Site's Link Pages

  • University of Wuerzburg Links for Mineralogists
  • Earth Science Organizations