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MINERAL SCIENCES - LEARN MORE
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Gems and Minerals at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - A 95 Year History (5 MB PDF)
An Insider's Look at the Silicates
WEB LINKS
GENERAL - MINERAL, ROCK, AND GEM
The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom (general information on minerals and gems)
The Vug (general info and lots of dealer links)
Bob's Rock Shop (something for everyone & lots of links)
Yahoo! Rocks, Gems, and Minerals (links to web sites)
MINERALS,
ETC.
Webmineral (lots of data and information on minerals)
Mindat (the largest mineral database and mineralogical reference website)
Rockhounds Information Page (links to other sites)
Mineral Collectors Page (links to other sites)
Athena Mineralogy (names, formulas, classification)
Links for Mineralogists (just what is says)
GEMS
International Colored Gemstone Association (information on
gemstones)
Birthstones (arranged by month & by sign)
GEOLOGY
Geology.com (lots of info about geology)
GeologyLink (links to geology sites)
Geotech Dictionary of Geologic Terms (just what it says)
About.com - Geology (stories, info and links)
CLUBS
FOR ENTHUSIASTS (mostly So. Calif.)
The Gem & Mineral Council
American Federation of Mineralogical Societies
American Opal Society
California Federation of Mineralogical Societies
Culver City Rock and Mineral Club
Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Club
Fluorescent Mineral Society
Friends of Mineralogy - Southern Calif. Chapter
Kern County Mineral Society
Mineralogical Society of Southern California
North Orange County Gem & Mineral Society
Searchers Gem & Mineral Society
Searles Lake Gem and Mineral Society
Sierra Pelona Rock Club
Southern California Micro-Mineralogists
Ventura Gem & Mineral Society
VIP Gem & Mineral Society (Simi Valley)
MAGAZINES
Mineralogical Record
Rocks and Minerals
Lapidary Journal
Mineral News
AGENCIES &
INSTITUTES
American Geological Institute
U.S. Geological Survey
California Division of Mines and Geology
Cal Tech Seismological Laboratory
Gemological Institute of America
Geoscience Departments WWW Directory
PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES
Mineralogical Society of America
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Geological Society of America
Geological Society (United Kingdom)
Society of Mineral Museum Professionals
MINERALS AND
GEMS AT OTHER MUSEUMS
| AUSTRALASIA |
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| Crawley, WA, Australia |
Edward de Courcy Clarke Earth Science Museum |
| Kalgoorlie, WA, Australia |
Mining Hall of Fame |
| Sydney, NSW, Australia |
Australian Museum |
| Victoria, NSW, Australia |
Museum of Victoria |
| Jerusalem, Israel |
Geological Museum of the Hebrew University |
| Tsukuba Science City, Japan |
Geological Museum, Geological Survey of Japan |
| AFRICA |
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| Cairo, Egypt |
Egyptian Geological Museum |
| EUROPE |
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| Vienna, Austria |
Naturhistorishes Museum |
| Brussels, Belgium |
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences |
| Sofia, Bulgaria |
Bulgarian National Museum of Natural History |
| Brno, Czech Republic |
Moravian Museum |
| Prague, Czech Republic |
Nrodn Museum |
| Copenhagen, Denmark |
Geological Museum |
| Paris, France |
La collection de Minraux, Univ.P.M.Curie (Sorbonne) |
| Paris, France |
Musum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
| Paris, France |
Museum of Mineralogy, Ecole des Mines de Paris |
| Bonn, Germany |
Mineralogical Museum, Bonn University |
| Hamburg, Germany |
Mineralogisches Museum der Universitt Hamburg |
| Munich, Germany |
Museum Reich der Kristalle |
| Mnster, Germany |
Mineralogisches Museum der Universitt Mnster |
| Florence, Italy |
Natural History Museum of Florence |
| Luxembourg |
Muse National d'Histoire Naturelle, Luxembourg |
| Leiden, Netherlands |
Netherlands National Museum of Natural History |
| Baia Mare, Romania |
Mineralogisches Museum Baia Mare |
| Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
Museum of Mineralogy, Babes-Bolyai University |
| Moscow, Russia |
Fersman Mineralogical Museum |
| Barcelona, Spain |
Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Barcelona |
| Madrid, Spain |
Museum of the School of Mines of Madrid |
| Stockholm, Sweden |
Swedish Museum of Natural History |
| Bern, Switzerland |
Natural History Museum, Berne, Switzerland |
| Lausanne, Switzerland |
Geological Museum of Lausanne |
| Zurich, Switzerland |
ETH Geology-Mineralogy Collection and Exhibition |
| Cardiff, Wales, UK |
National Museums and Galleries of Wales |
| London, England, UK |
The Natural History Museum - London |
| Oxford, England, UK |
Oxford University Museum of Natural History |
| NORTH AMERICA |
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| Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Canadian Museum of Nature |
| Vancouver, BC, Canada |
Pacific Mineral Museum |
| Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Robert B. Ferguson Museum of Mineralogy |
| Albany, New York, USA |
New York State Museum |
| Asheville, North Carolina, USA |
Colburn Earth Science Museum |
| Blacksburg, Virginia, USA |
Virginia Tech Museum of Geosciences |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
Harvard Mineral Museum |
| Butte, Montana, USA |
Montana Tech Mineral Museum |
| Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
Cleveland Museum of Natural History |
| Denver, Colorado, USA |
Denver Museum of Nature and Science |
| Elmhurst, Illinois, USA |
Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art |
| Franklin, New Jersey, USA |
Franklin Mineral Museum |
| Golden, Colorado, USA |
Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines |
| Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA |
James Madison University Mineral Museum |
| Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA |
Mineral and Lapidary Museum of Henderson County |
| Hillsboro, Oregon, USA |
Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals |
| Houghton, Michigan, USA |
A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum |
| Houston, Texas, USA |
Houston Museum of Natural Science |
| Los Angeles, California, USA |
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County |
| Madison, Wisconsin |
Geology Museum, University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Marion, Kentucky, USA |
Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum |
| Mariposa, California, USA |
California State Mining and Mineral Museum |
| Menasha, Wisconsin, USA |
Weis Earth Science Museum |
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA |
Milwaukee Public Museum |
| New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
Yale Peabody Museum |
| New York, New York, USA |
American Museum of Natural History |
| Newark, Delaware, USA |
Mineralogical Museum, University of Delaware |
| Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA |
Sterling Hill Mining Museum |
| Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum |
| Pittsburgh, Penn., USA |
Carnegie Museum of Natural History |
| Raleigh, North Carolina, USA |
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences |
| Reno, Nevada, USA |
W. M. Keck Museum, Mackay School of Mines |
| Rock Island, Illinois, USA |
Fryxell Geology Museum (Augustana College) |
| Salt Lake City, Utah, USA |
Utah Museum of Natural History |
| San Diego, California, USA |
San Diego Natural History Museum |
| San Francisco, California, USA |
California Academy of Sciences |
| Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources |
| Tucson, Arizona, USA |
University of Arizona Mineral Museum |
| University Park, Pennsylvania, USA |
EMS Museum and Art Gallery (Penn. State Univ.) |
| Washington, DC, USA |
Smithsonian Institution |
| White, Georgia, USA |
TELLUS: Northwest Georgia Science Museum |
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