Geologic and Mineralogical Website Links:

National Atlas: www.nationalatlas.gov which allows you to focus on a local area and find out what possibilities for mining, etc., exist. You have to play around on the site.

National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP): www.ncgmp.usgs.gov (this one sometimes doesn’t work)

National Park Service: www.nps.gov

U.S. Geological Survey: www.usgs.gov

American Federation of Mineralogical Societies: www.amfed.org

The Geological Society of America: www.geosociety.org

International Gem Society: www.gemsociety.org

AlicatsRocks: http://alicatsrocks.com

Digital Map Store: http://www.digital-topo-maps.com

Geology.com: www.geology.com

Geology Link Page: http://www.realtime.net/~revenant/geo.html

Geologylink Student Resource Center: www.geologylink.com

Jeff Graham’s Faceters: www.faceters.com; Jeff Graham’s Cabbers: www.cabbers.com

John Miller’s Gemology & Lapidary Pages: www.tradeshop.com/gems

“Where to get more information on gemology and gemcutting”: http://www.tradeshop.com/gems/moreinfo.html

Mineral Specimens & Crystal Index: http://www.mineralminers.com/html/indxmins.htm

Rockhounds Information Page: http://www.infodyn.com/rockhounds/rockhounds.html (This page is no longer maintained, but does have some interesting information)

‘Zine for Rockhounds: www.rockhounds.com

And Steve Adams recommended http://www.mindat.org which is the Mineral Database.