Directory of Rockhounding Resources

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Rockhounding is the pursuit of colorful stones and minerals for collections, decorations, and making objects of art, including jewelry.

Subcategories

• Rock and Mineral Clubs

Resources in This Category

• Bobs Rock Shop

  http://www.rockhounds.com/
  Ezine for mineral collectors, rockhounds and lapidary hobbyists. Includes forum board, bulletin board, details about Tucson events, and list of US clubs.

• Geology Adventures

  https://www.facebook.com/GeologyAdventures/
  Founded in 1983. Book rockhounding field trips for clubs and organizations.

• Kreigh's Web Resources

  http://tomaszewski.net/Kreigh/Minerals/MineralLinks.shtml
  A large collection of links and original information for Rockhounds about geology, minerals, fossils, lapidary, rock clubs, and other related subjects. Many dealer sites have also been included.

• Marco's Italian Minerals

  http://www.macminerals.com/
  Private collection, trade lists, research; and exchange experiences with other rockhounds. Only site that trades exclusively in Italian, or alpine minerals.

• Minerals, Specimens and Crystals

  http://www.mineralminers.com/html/mineral_specimens.htm
  Online link direct to the mines and lapidary shops for mineral specimens and crystals, display specimens, unique decorator and collector pieces.

• Nikolay Gospodinov Collection

  http://nikolaygospodinov.tripod.com/
  Bilingual Russian and English language site with photos and information on the mineral and fossil collection of Nikolay Gospodinov.

• RockHound Blog

  http://www.rockhoundblog.com/
  A blog designed to help rockhound enthusiasts connect, swap information, and chat. Features many categories and archives.

• Rockhounding Arkansas

  http://rockhoundingar.com/
  An authoritative and comprehensive guide to Arkansas geology, mineral, and rock collecting sites. Written by the well known geologist Mike Howard.

• Virgin Valley Opals

  http://www.goldnuggetwebs.com/VVOPALS
  Includes collection sites, geology and history of the area.

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