Directory of Rocks and Minerals Resources

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Rocks and Minerals includes the scientific studies of mineralogy and petrology. The category also includes web sites devoted to the appreciation, acquisition, and collecting of precious stones, including rockhounding.

Subcategories

• Education
• Gemstone
• Igneous Petrology
• Metallic Deposits
• Metamorphic Petrology
• Meteorites
• Minerals
• Mining
• Non-Metallic Deposits
• Organizations
• Publications
• Rock and Mineral Localities
• Rockhounding
• Sedimentary Petrology
• Shopping
• Stone Tools

Resources in This Category

• Collecting Rocks

  http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/collect1/collectgip.html
  USGS information on collecting rocks.

• Eastern (USA) Minerals Resources

  http://minerals.usgs.gov/east/
  Gateway to information on minerals and mineral resources research in the eastern United States.

• GeMin Exhibition

  http://users.hol.gr/~minat/
  GeMin exhibition and online copipes of the Oryktologia NEA news.

• Gemology & Gem Identification

  http://www.gemlabtools.com/
  Provides information on becoming a gemologist. Offers testing equipment, books, tutorials and courses.

• Minerals of the United States

  http://www.tigerminerals.com/
  Click on the map to view pictures of minerals found in the chosen state.

• Rakovan, John

  http://www.cas.miamioh.edu/~rakovajf/
  Professor in the Department of Geology at Miami University, Oxford, OH. Includes information on Dr. Rakovan's research and teaching in mineralogy and geochemistry.

• The Rock, Mineral, and Fossil Reference

  http://dph1701.tripod.com/geology/
  Contains over 100 pictures of minerals, rocks and fossils, as well as information about classification, identification, the Science Olympiad Rocks and Minerals event and related topics.

• YupRocks

  http://www.yuprocks.com/
  High-resolution pictures of rocks and minerals, taken from personal collections, as well as the Calvin College Geology Department, Michigan, USA.

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