Directory of Rock and Mineral Localities Resources

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Principally for sites that describe a mineral setting, whether it be from a collectors view point, or the description of a mineral holotype. Holotype : The locality that describes the mineral - usually where it was first discovered.

Resources in This Category

• A rare glimpse of the cave of crystals

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8466493.stm
  The BBC reports on Mexico’s Cave of Crystals, containing some of the largest natural selenite structures ever found.

• Alkali-Nuts: Mont Saint-Hilaire

  http://www.saint-hilaire.ca/
  Located East of Montréal, in Mont Saint-Hilaire and has become a major collecting site of rare mineral specimens. Offers mineral and assemblage guide, along with local dealer listings.

• Gem and Mineral Exploration Company

  http://www.gemandmineral.com/cripple.html
  The gold mines and miners of Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, USA.

• Minerals of Australia and New Zealand

  http://www.crocoite.com/
  Information about the minerals and mineral locations in Australia and New Zealand.

• Oman Virtual Field Trip

  http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Geol/vft/oman.html
  Site designed for an education aid to students, but contains many excellent slides showing the geology of Oman. See dolerite dykes, harzburgite, and channel-fill structures.

• Oregon Coast Agate

  http://www.agatesoftheoregoncoast.com/fieldtrip.html
  Rockhound's Guide to collecting/beachcombing Oregon Coast Agate.

• Ron Coleman Mining, Inc.

  http://www.colemanquartz.com/
  Quartz crystal at the Arkansas' Old Coleman Mine.

• Sheffield Mine

  http://www.sheffieldmine.com/
  A native mine yielding star rubies, sapphires and garnets, for both the serious and the amateur rockhound.

• Wegner Quartz Crystal Mines

  http://www.wegnercrystalmines.com/
  Arkansas' natural quartz crystals mine.

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