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Challis Heulandite

Summer Storm pseudomorphs

Rockhound's Trip

Links to Other Mineral, Gem, Rock and Earth Science Web Sites

Minerals and Rockhounding - Mineral Collecting Trips and Tours

Other Mineral Information - Mineral Collectors and Dealers

Gem and Lapidary Dealers - Geology and Mapping

Minerals and Rockhounding

Clubs, Associations and Museums

• AFMS American Federation of Mineralogical Societies
• American Lands Access Association Information on legislation and political actions that will affect rockhounding activities
• CFMS California Federation of Mineralogical Societies
• Crystal Kingdom Mineral Museum
• Everett Rock Club
• Duke Geological Lab
• AFM French Association of Micromineralogy
• Fluorescent Mineral Society
• Friends of Mineralalogy
• Pacific Northwest Chapter, Friends of Mineralogy
• Mineralogical Society of Southern California
• New York State Academy of Mineralogy, with photo galleries of collections, and information on New York minerals
• Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals
• Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies
• Washington Mineral Council official home page

Mineral Collecting Trips and Tours

• Geology Adventures Collecting trips in the NW with Bob Jackson
• Emerald Creek star garnets US Forest Service fee dig site for Idah Star Garnets

Other Mineral Information and Publications

• Diamond Dan Publications Fun and Educational Publictions for the Young Mineralogists
• The Quartz Page of Amir Akhavan, a thorough coverage of quartz
• J. Adams Mineral Page Mineral collecting forum, information on Arkansas, mineral collecting, field trips, and more
• Arkansas Rockhounding
• Bob's Rock Shop
• Falls of the Ohio State Park

Mineral Collectors and Dealers

• Arkenstone - Rob Lavinsky
• Attard's Minerals, John and Kathy Attard, Dealers in Fine Minerals
• John Betts Fine Minerals with locality information and mineral articles
• ChroLithix Corp., minerals, meteorites, jewelry
• Ron Coleman Mining Arkansas quartz
• Coromoto Minerals, Maine pegmatite miners
• The Crystal Mine
• Dakota Matrix Minerals
• Gem and Mineral Exploration Co. (GAMECO), Walter Mroch
• Geode Gallery
• GeoPrime -- Casey and Jane Jones
• Glacier Peak Mining
• Grizzly Ridge Crystal Ranch, miners/dealers of large quartz crystals
• H and P Minerals and Gems
• David K. Joyce Minerals Canadian minerals and international sulfides, sulfosalts and native elements
• Kalahari Minerals, minerals from South Africa
• Lehigh Minerals -- minerals, Utah fossils, wire-wrap jewelry
• MineralCollecting.org
• The Mineral Gallery/Exceptional Minerals minerals for sale, links and information
• Ontario Minerals - Tim Jokela, minerals for sale and information on Ontario minerals.
• Tim Fisher - Oregon Rockhounds Online
• Sauktown Sales - Microminerals
• Andy Seibel Minerals
• Simkev Micromounts
• Clear Creek Crystal Mine
• Dan Weinrich
• Wilensky Minerals
• Wrights Rock Shop
• XTAL - Dennis Beals Minerals from Mexico with locality descriptions

Gem and Lapidary Dealers

• Mountain Lily Gems
• Whitesail Opal

Geology and Mapping

• USGS Mapping Information: Home Page
• USGS placename and map database
• USGS photographic library
• USGS Publications
• Links to DRGs of topographic maps