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RockhoundingBob'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
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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
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