This survey began as a project to discover more about who Rockhounds are, and it has attracted the interest of club officials and members worldwide who are worried about declining membership and the future of our hobby. It is our hope that by learning more about current Rockhounds we will be better able to reach out to the next generation(s) to keep the hobby alive.
The Survey Results are in. You may download or view the results as a 459K PDF file at http://www.Tomaszewski.net/Kreigh/Minerals/RockhoundsReport.v.4.pdf, depending on how your browser is configured.
Kreigh
P.S., If you belong to a Club please share this information with your Club's Newsletter Editor (or announce it at your next meeting) so that everyone in your Club will have an opportunity to learn of the results. Thanks!
Some details on Kreigh's Public Museum Show December 12, 1998:
Kreigh's Show at the Grand Rapids Public Museum (sorry, I am still working on some of the pictures).
This museum is worth a trip to Michigan's UP (and collecting in the area is worth a trip too):
A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum at Michigan Tech
And some more museums with minerals:
Michigan Museums worth visiting
A sampling from the Smithsonian Gem & Mineral Collection:
Collecting not allowed
A truely great on-line reference source:
Museum of Mineralogy - Ecole des mines, Paris
When you go to Chicago, watch out for the T-Rex named Sue:
The Field Museum of Natural History
Learn about the Ice Ages and more:
Illinois State Museum
A wonderful collection of information and specimens:
Los Angeles Natural History Museum
Geology and Paleontology, and more:
Buena Vista Museum of Natural History
Lapidary, and more:
Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
A virtual museum (in German, with some English) of crystals:
Swiss Minerals and more
Not many pictures online, but they obviously have a wonderful collection:
Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals
So many adventures in one place:
Denver Museum of Natural History
On the Mesabi iron range:
the Iron World Discovery Center
An old copper mine:
La mine du Cap Garonne
The Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district:
Clement
The Thomas S. Warren Museum of Fluorescence:
TSWMF
Thin Slices and other wonders:
New York State Museum
A small museum:
West Virginia Geological & Economic Survey
With access to the New York State Museum, come visit with:
The New York State Academy of Mineralogy
MinDat.org is an internet museum:
Allow me to introduce you to it via the collection of Mr. Bhairawnath T. Wakale who first brought it to my attention as a museum (instead of a just a great resource).
Explore gems, fossils, rocks and mineral specimens from unusual locations:
Cape Cod Rocks
Explore Canada:
Virtual Museums of Canada
And minerals from "down under":
and from all over the world
You can find fossils and rocks at the:
San Bernardino CA county museums
A rock shop with a growing Museum devoted to the:
Past & Present (including an active outreach program).
The Virtual Museum of the
History of Mineralogy
A portal into the
Mining Industry
An excellent introduction to common rocks and minerals with some great tidbits of historical background - enough to lift it out of the commercial group where it really belongs:
Rockology
How can I identify this rock or mineral I found?:
About.com has found a wonderful set of resources
These folks want to do their rock collecting on Mars and beyond, and they are worth checking out:
The Planetary Society
How to borrow a piece of the Moon from NASA:
Do a killer science project
Michigan's State Gemstone:
"Greenstone"
Some useful information:
on mineral and fossil collecting
A great resource for kids to learn about rocks and minerals:
Diamond Dan Publications, and a great resource for educators. Good enough to lift it out of the dealer section where it belongs.
An interesting Science Vertical Portal:
with categories in minerals and geology
There are some great resources at the:
Mineral Information Institute
And lots more useful information:
on mineral collecting
The minerals and geology of Washington State is an interesting project by:
Jeff Schwartz
With over 6 GB of data, there is a lot to see at:
Strahlen (.org)
The first family run Rockhound site I found on the Web:
Irving Family Web Pages: Rock Collecting
A private collector in Japan with one of the most pleasant Web sites I have visited:
Index.htm
Minerals, fossils, and prehistoric tools:
My first exchange site, in France
Good intro info (and some advanced stuff too) from Willow Grove School, Willow Grove, IL:
Rocks and Minerals
Classroom resources from the USGS:
The Learning Web
Take a free class on Gemology:
from Barbara Smigel
Make your own:
Diamonds
A collection of rare books on volcanology and geology:
The Johnston-Lavis Literature Collection
Geology, Paleontology, and Related Natural History Books and Journals:
PaleoPubs
An interesting report on:
Where new minerals have been discovered
Classroom resources:
like mineral testing kits and equipment
Great crystal shape drawings by:
Ronnie Van Dommelen
Mineralogy Literature:
for every US State
Information on Mountain Ranges and Peaks around the world:
for people who want to climb them and look for rocks.
A private collector in Italy:
Alessandro Genazzani, M.D. PhD.
A private collector in Virginia:
Clyde's Collective
Very fine minerals from Japan and elsewhere (and some of the best pictures I've ever seen of minerals):
Kato's Collections
Excellent articles and resources on rocks and minerals:
The Canadian Rockhound
LEAVERITE NEWS with articles and resources on rocks and minerals by:
William S. Cordua
Most of these rocks are probably common near you too:
Common rocks of Malaysia
Ronnie Van Dommelen knows about:
The Mineralogy of Nova
Scotia
Don't let the title fool you:
The Stupid Page of Rocks
Computers, rocks, ufo's, baseball cards, a search engine, and more :
Treasure
Another search engine, and much more from Adam Barwood:
TerraSearch
Collect Postage Stamps (there are already over 3,000) showing minerals:
Mineral and Fossil Collecting:
in the Mid-Atlantic Region (USA)
Now what was that unfamiliar term?:
How to clean up your collection:
Good introductory information on rocks and minerals:
Common Minerals and their uses
Private collector:
Zeolites
Another private collector:
Paul has some great pictures
If any of you want recipes for crystal growing:
Great info on minerals:
The Mineralogical Record
NASA is asking kids to send a clean rock to them:
They will analyze it and send a certificate back
If you know what elements are in your mineral specimen, you can get a general idea of possible health side effects from this periodic table:
How Toxic is my Mineral?
A Frenchman in Korea:
Beautiful Crystals
Most Interesting pages from a private collector:
Ron Winter
For those really tough science questions, you can ask an expert (but do your homework first!):
The Mad Scientist Network
An excellent site to get started on Rockhounding:
Your About.com Guide to Mineral Collecting
Collecting Geodes:
is a fun family experience
Safety while rockhounding:
and much more
A trio of collections of links where you can generally find the answer to anything related to geology and mineralogy if you surf enough of their links (warning, you can get lost visiting these sites):
Roger Weller has some great geology resources for:
earth science teachers (K-12)
The History of Geology and the Geosciences:
GeoClio
Learn about:
Big Earthquakes and
Earthquake Myths from the USGS.
A few suggestions from me: on Labeling and Cataloging your collection
If you are intersted in cutting and polishing rocks, by any method, this is the best place to start online:
The Lapidary Digest
A great source on how to cut and polish rocks and minerals:
The Lapidary Journal
Something to do with your rocks:
Jewelry making supplies
All about :
Tumbling
Andy has a great resource for anything related to:
Tumbling
Working with natural stone:
about Stone
If you ever need a finding, or jewelry supplies, you can probably get it at:
Pasternak Findings
If you need custom opal (or other) cutting you might check out:
Custom Creative
Make your own large scale rock saw:
Diamond Wire
Bill Gallagher likes to make his own equipment, and some of his plans are free:
www.autodidactics.com
Get help with:
Lapidary calculations
Gemworld has an interesting site beyond this reference to one form of polishing rocks:
Tumbling Rocks and Minerals
Many beautiful items, and another way to polish rocks:
Spheres
Andrew has lots of good info on:
Tumbling Rocks as a Hobby
Carol Bova's ezine:
Eclectic Lapidary
Merry Jewelry has an interesting:
Jewelry Resource Directory
Turn your rocks into jewelry:
Help in designing faceted stones:
Some good hard data on gem material:
and other fun lapidary stuff
You can find some interesting information at:
The New Mexico Faceters Guild
Get serious about learing to cut rocks:
William Holland School of Lapidary Arts
Metalsmithing:
Metalworking
Fred Ward:
Gem Book Publishers
Lapidary Help and Tips from tradeshop.com
Lapidary Help and Tips from gemzone.com
Faceting Help and Tips
Cubic Zirconia and Gem Processing Machines:
Anand Engineering Works
Cutting Spheres:
Thunder Eggs, and More!
Big Sur Jade:
Scuba Diving and Sculpting
They claim the World's largest collection of Lapidary and Jewelry making Videos:
AlMar Videos
A portal into the commercial stone world:
where the pro's use big lapidary equipment and collect interesting information.
Make your own:
rock saw
And my own tips on cutting opal, spheres, and more:
My personal Home Page and some
details on construction of homemade lapidary equipment
Use a 'tricorder' to identify rocks, just like the Mars Pathfinder did:
Alpha, Proton, X-ray Spectrometer
Everything you ever wanted to know about volcano's plus lots of neat pictures:
Volcano World
Did you ever want to study earthquakes?:
Build your own Seismograph
A great collection of links on Geology at Netscape:
Geology directory
Go spelunking:
The Virtual Cave
Serious satellite data for those who want to do serious prospecting:
Land Biosphere Links
Let Aerial Images, Inc. show you the next spot you plan on collecting:
TerraServer
Buy satellite pictures from Uncle Sam:
EROS Data Center
Map search:
USGS
A truely great mineral database:
Minerals A - Z
How to label mineral specimens:
Dr. George Rossman (and Julia Goreva) have identified dumortierite as the cause of pink in rose quartz (and why it seldom forms crystals).
Pyrite Disease can be cured: as reported by Sally Shelton from the San Diego Natural History Museum
A global database of minerals and where to collect them:
MinMax
The mineralogy of:
Ontario, Canada
the Wilson Cycle:
No rock is accidental
To report a meteor fall or to verify a suspected meteorite contact:
the American Meteor Society
If you want to learn about agates, start with:
Roger Pabian
MAS/MILS CDROM:
Database of Prospect Claims or Download Demo
Label your collection:
MMD LABELING PRODUCTS
Minerals on CD-ROM:
The Photo-Atlas of Minerals
Another software source:
Mineralogy Software
J. Adam's Mineral Page:
with lots of useful information and links
A lot of information about:
minerals and fossils
Jewelry design software:
ProtoCAD
Where am I right now?
A French Rockhound magazine:
Le Regne Mineral
Goldschmidt's Atlas der Krystallformen:
A classic work about crystals on CD ROM
Topographic maps on CD and links to downloadable maps:
USGS Mapping Publications and lots of other great mapping info.
Free topographic maps:
TopoZone - The Web's Topographic Map
Satellite Images:
Mapping resources:
The Probert Encyclopedia:
has an online volume just for Rocks & Minerals
Digital RockHound's Companion:
and other database software
Information on a computer program:
listing NC mineral collecting sites
Harald G. Dill thinks of Geoscience as ART:
Application-Research-Training
Tips on how to get good pictures of Rocks and Minerals:
Micromounts and more from France:
Association Fran*aise de Micromin*ralogie
Mineral Photomicrograph Site:
Scott Whittemore
More micromounts:
The Norwegian Rock & Mineral Guide
Small rocks from outer space:
Collecting Micrometeorites
More small rocks:
Micromounting
A nice Webzine on minerals:
French and English Versions Available
A place to trade specimens:
International Micromount and Thumbnail Exchange
Fine Minerals, Crystal-Growing and Educational Outreach Services:
Myrddin Emrys Limited
Advice from Photo Net on:
What Camera to Buy
A collectors assocation for one mineral:
Calcite
Visit a great rock shop and meet the author of:
Rockhounding in Eastern New York and Nearby New England
Collecting locations for rockhounds:
I finally found a club near me:
Find a rock club near you (and more):
Fuka is in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Fuka is known for its abundant skarn
minerals:
Fuka
Would you believe 'a diamond in the rough'?
The Graphite Page
The Rutland Rock and Mineral Club
in Vermont
A festival for
Petoskey Stones
The name says it all:
www.wulfenite.com
Everything you ever wanted to know about Clays:
The Clay Minerals Society
From the collection of William Tompkins (and some trip reports too):
Zeolites, Calcite, and Quartz
If you are in the Bakersfield, CA area:
The Kern County Mineral Society
Blarney Stone may not be collected:
Irish Geological Association
Clubs, links, mines, and more at:
Rockhounders
Kalahari Minerals concentrates on:
Southern African mineral specimens
If you are in the Roswell, NM area:
The Chaparral Rockhounds
Some great resources for mineralogists can be found at:
The University of Würzburgh
Glowing Rocks:
Pacific Fishery Biologists Ore-ROCK-On Rockhounding Web Site:
Oregon Rockhounds OnLine
Someday I'll get to go collecting here:
Collect your own diamond specimen
Diamonds from these sites (and others) are sometimes found in Michigan's glacier deposited gravels:
Every state should have a site like this:
Rockhounding in Arkansas
The rock units at the 1-170 Pennsylvanian localtiy in St. Louis, MO:
Dr. King's Geological study
Rocks from down under:
The Australian Mineral Collector
A great collection of rocks from Belgium and around the world:
The Rik Dillen Mineral Collection
The traveling rocks at Racetrack Playa, Death Valley, CA:
Moving Rocks
Boo's Rockhound Geology Homepage:
Field Trips
My own reports from the Grand Rapids, Michigan area:
Field Trip Reports
Rockhounding in British Columbia:
Let John Ratcliff give you a tour
A Virtual Field trip of the Geology of:
Kansas City
The North Jeffco Gem & Mineral Club:
Denver, CO USA
An Rockhounds search engine, and more:
GeoSearch
Collecting in a river or lake:
fresh water pearls
Some folks collect:
Sand
You need to take precautions if you collect:
Radioactive minerals
Some great resources from the mid-west:
Friends of Mineralogy
A great collection of links from Brad Smith:
Culver City R&M Club
Dixie Reale has fun stuff for kids too:
Jasper, Agate, and more
Collecting at Mount Saint Hilare and more:
Montreal Gem and Mineral Club
Collect Canadian agates around Kamloops with:
Dave McBeth
A collector in Arizona and New Mexico:
with some interesting pictures and information
Steve Reutlinger:
Virtual Field Trip Page
Sandra Downs:
Cyberwall Collecting Sites
Check out Topaz Mountain at:
the Collectors Guide
Learn about earth sciences and rockhounding:
Delaware Mineralogical Society, Inc.
Gold Panning in York County, PA:
Earl Hartman's
Outdoor Pages
Gold sites & news groups:
Claimed to be the largest Mining Event in USA:
Bohemia Mining Days
Pretty quartz pebbles:
Cape May 'Diamonds'
Chaparral Rockhounds:
in New
Mexico
A list of Mine locations in every state (and more):
from vughunter.com
This is where I found the Rockhounds mailing list I joined and it has had lots of great references. Unfortunately, It died on June 15, 1999, but still had archives up the last time I looked:
Rockhounds Home Page
A great collection of information and links from Europe:
Mineralogy Club of Antwerp, Belgium
Looking for someone who is crazy about the same mineral you are?:
MINERAL FANATICS INDEX
Gary runs the first
Rockhound Blog I've run across.
Link to lots of good links:
Yahoo Geology Links
United States Faceters Guild Faceter's List:
Yahoo Geology Links
A discussion list for:
ULF/ELF phenomenon, including earthquake prediction
The URL says it all:
www.mineralholics.com, so their chat forum got listed here.
Andrew has a pretty good bulletin board on:
Tumbling Rocks as a Hobby
A discussion list for:
Rough for Sale
A discussion list for:
photography of micromounts
Rockhounds : rockhounds@onelist.com
Fossil Nuts: fossil-nuts@notam.uio.no
Coprolites: http://www.topica.com/lists/PaleoWasteLand
RockhoundsList: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/RockhoundsList
micromounts: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/micromounts
rockandgemtrader: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/rockandgemtrader
WCNuggetHunters: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/WCNuggetHunters
Rockhound Station 1: http://www.RockhoundStation1.com
1Opal_fire: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/1Opal_fire
RockhoundsLapidary: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/RockhoundsLapidary
MineralCollecting: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/MineralCollecting
RockhoundsNew: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/RockhoundsNew
crystalvine: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/crystalvine
RockhoundsTrades: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/RockhoundsTrades
RockExchange: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/RockExchange
RockhoundsMicromount: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/RockhoundsMicromount
Geologos-Eafit: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/Geologos-Eafit
RockhoundsJewelry: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/RockhoundsJewelry
RockhoundsFossils: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/RockhoundsFossils
RockhoundsMinerals: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/RockhoundsMinerals
rockofageswarehouse: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/rockofageswarehouse
RockhoundsGemstones: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/RockhoundsGemstones
WisconsinProspectors: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/WisconsinProspectors
stereoscope: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/stereoscope
RockhoundsFaceting: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/RockhoundsFaceting
ukmineralcollecters: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/ukmineralcollecters
crystalclarity: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/crystalclarity
microfossils: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/microfossils
RockhoundsRocks: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/RockhoundsRocks
Southern San Joaquin Valley Lapidary Society: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/RockhoundsRocks
Rockcollecting: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/Rockcollecting
RocksNmineralsTraders: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/RocksNmineralsTraders
RockhoundsKids: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/groups/RockhoundsKids
rocks-and-fossils: http://www.topica.com/lists/rocks-and-fossils/
the Lapidary Rock And Gem Shop: http://p221.ezboard.com/blapidaryrockandgemshop
Indiana Collecting: http://groups.msn.com/IndianaRocksMIneralsFossils
the Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma, and Humboldt counties region of
California: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mendocountyrockhounds/
California's Central Coast: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/centralcoastrockhounds/
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General Information (some commercial, most Non-commercial or government), Personal Collections, and Rockhound Related Publications
Apollo 11 collected samples of the Moon:
Lunar Geology
Or find your own state's rock, mineral, or gem:
State Gem Search
State Dinosaurs
USGS information by state
Prospecting opportunities by state
Minerals by States or Provinces
Herwig Pelckmans
American Philatelist - Show Time Column
Big Bear's Minerals & Gems on Stamps
Bob's Rock Shop Collecting Rock Stamps
County Stamp Center is an online guide to the world of stamps
Gem, Rock, and Mineral Postage Stamps
Keimar Stamps Minerals & Fossils
Minerals, French Polynesia, St Pierre, FSAT, Worldwide Topical Stamps
New Jersey Stamp Shows Calendar
Personal Want List Zillions of Stamps
SilverDalen Stamps Club
SOUTHERN AFRICAN STAMPS Eastgate Universal Stamps & Coins. Minerals & Metals
Stamp Collecting from The Mining Co.
Stamp Collecting by Peter G. Aitken
Stamp Trader List
Thematicsource
Topical Stamps
USA stampshows
Zillions of Stamps Stamp Search
Geologylinkš geologic glossary
UCMP Glossary: Geology
USGS Geologic Glossary
The Amateur Geologist glossaries
Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms
Glossaries : Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay
Clean rocks
and clean stones
and clean quartz crystals
and clean quartz crystals
and some other very interesting articles for rockhounds from John Betts
Grow your own crystals then click on MENU; then select: Creating Crystals (Crystal making tips and recipes)
Crystal Recipes
How to Grow Crystal Gardens
How to Grow Crystals
Kids Camp
Growing your own geodes
If you want to know the low level effects of various chemicals on health:
How Safe is my Drinking Water?
How dangerous is my radioactive specimen?:
Decay series
If you want to learn what elements are used for in everyday life:
Check out the Wooden Periodic Table and see an amazing project.
The Periodic Table:
in Poetry
The Periodic Table:
in Haiku
Aaron Wisher's Webpage
Geologia na Web
More Geoscience Links
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Lapidary and Jewelry Making
Colorado Academy of Silversmithing and Art Metal
Chad Parker in Northern Colorado
GemCad (the old home page)
GemCad (the new home page)
Jewelry Courses
Silversmithing
More Faceting Help and Tips
Twenty-four Carat Network - Paul Ahlstedt
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Geology, Mineral Classification, Databases, Satellite info, and Software
or visit the Lava Junkie:
You can almost feel the heat coming out of your monitor from these
amazing pictures
Where you can learn more or report a quake you recorded:
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
www.webmineral.com/strunz.shtml
www.webmineral.com/danaclass.shtml
un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/mineral/mineral.html
www.mindat.org/index.php
www.zampano.com/minmax/minquery.php3?lang=US
read about Labeling and Cataloging Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils
Basic CAD
GPS Systems
GPS Links
GPSwsgroup sci.geo.satellite-nav
Resources for GPS owners and mapmakers:
Freeware
TerraFly
TerraServer USA
LandVoyage
cmich.edu
angelo.edu
onlineinc.com
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Mineral Photography and Micromount viewing (related by Optics)
Taking photos of reflective objects
Taking photos of fluorescent minerals
Taking digital photos for websites
Digital Mineral Photography (Educational Article section )
Athena Mineralogy
The Eudialyte page
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Rock Clubs, Collecting Locations, and Individual Mineral Type displays (some may be commercial)
Oregon and Washington locations
Dirty Rockhounds lists locations in many states
Dr. Bill lists locations in Wisconson
The Indian Mounds Rock and Mineral Club of Wyoming, MI
American Federation of Mineralogical Socities
All North American Clubs that are online from CCFMS
Lapidary Journal's Directory of Clubs
Friends of Mineralogy
Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies
South Central Federation of Mineralogical Societies
Midwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies
The Mt. Hood Rock Club
The Vernon Lapidary & Mineral Club
Click on the Clubs in USA button
Rock & Mineral Associations of Canada
Canadian Clubs
The Lapidary Rock & Mineral Society of B.C.
Antwerp Mineral Society
Florida Society of Goldsmiths
Gem Newsletter Editors
GEODE (Netherlands)
Geological Society of America
International Colored Gemstone Association
Society of American Silversmiths (SAS)
Fluorescent Mineral Society, Inc.
Black lights and more from UV SYSTEMS
DesertUSA
Diamonds from www.dentonia.com
Diamonds from www.noront-resources.com
Diamonds from kettleriver.com
Diamonds from www.infonorth.org
Diamonds from www.mining-technology.com
The Axel Emmerman Mineral Collection and his glowing minerals
Gold Prospectors
Gold Prospectors Association of America
Gold Prospecting and Panning, Maps, and more
Prospector's kit, and more
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Discussion Lists and Link Lists
Some of these lists are moderated and you must send an Email and ask to join. Others I do not have good contact info, only an Email address that will product a bounce with instructions to join. And some send you to a website where you can join. Join a virtual club!
One of my replacements for the Rockhounds List that died:
Rockhound List
One of my replacements for the Rockhounds List that died:
New Rockhounds List
One of my replacements for the Rockhounds List that died also has died (and is greatly missed), Sharon Shea's Rocks-and-Fossils List -- it was replaced by three lists:
rocksandfossils@groups.yahoo.com (used to be at egroups)
fossil-collectors@topica.com
Rockhounds@Drizzle.com
Another alternative that has also died (but the website still had archives up the last time I checked) was:
The Lapidary Digest but its reported to be coming back with the new Millenium.
And then the list was transferred to a new host and administrator by the old, and it did not die after all:
Rockhounds@Drizzle.com , and its still my favorite list
An alternative, following the tradition of Hale Sweeney, and also a favorite:
Lapidary Arts and Faceters Digest
Another alternative:
Fossil Nuts
Another alternative:
RockMineralFossil List
Another alternative:
Gems and Facets
Another alternative:
Micromounts and minerals requiring magnification
A message board:
Rocks-Gems-Minerals-Fossils
Another alternative:
Opal and related topics
Another alternative:
Collecting and
displaying of Fossils
Another alternative:
Collecting minerals and
fossils, and anything related to the hobby of rockhounding
Another alternative:
Anything related to paleontology
Another alternative:
Collecting, cutting,
polishing and displaying of fossils, rocks and minerals, especially for kids
Another alternative:
Rockhounding, rock collecting and displaying
Another alternative:
For Teachers and Rockhounds who love to share knowledge
Another alternative:
Anything to do with minerals and crystals
Another alternative:
people
who love ROCKS, MINERALS, GEMS, PROSPECTING, CLUBS, and EVENTS
Another alternative:
Digital Rockhound's
companion software users support group
Another alternative:
Dedicated to the trading of equipment, fossils, micromounts, rocks and minerals
Another alternative for adults interested in Gems:
The Gems International Club
Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures:
The Orchid Digest Body=subscribe subject=blank
Faceting:
Faceters Digest
Faceting:
Faceters List
Another alternative:
Rocks Minerals and Gems
Another alternative:
Gemking
eGroups disscution list to talk about:
UK mineral locations moved to yahoo
Or just the minerals and mineral localities of Tasmania, mainland Australia, and New Zealand:
eMinerals now on yahoo
Web: http://www.angelfire.com/or/pioneers/rockhounds.html
List Owner: Michael L. Orock
Fossils by State and much more: Your first stop for fossil homework
Michigan has outcrops of some of the oldest rocks on earth: The Oldest Antiques on Earth
Once you collect a fossil, you need to preserve it: Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
Organize and catalog your fossil collection: Lusofossils Fossils Organizer software.
Minerals, fossils, and prehistoric tools: My first exchange site, in France
Some useful information: mineral and fossil collecting
Its safer to hunt fossil sharks: Long Dead Sharks
Not for bathtub use: Fossil Sponges
Collecting Fossils in California: Specific sites and much more
Located in Cleveland, Ohio: North Coast Fossil Club
A wide selection of better than average fossils: Two Guys Fossils
Fine Mineral Specimens and Fossils: Trafford | Flynn
Dinsoaur Eggs and other fine fossils: PaleoPlace
Petersburg Paleontological Laboratory: Russian fossils
Paleontology links: Fossils
Wyoming Green River fossils from: Antares Fossils & Minerals
A Triceratops and other great fossils: Fossilnet, Inc.
Specimens, Trip Reports, and more: Scullys Crystals, Minerals, and Fossils
Take a chartered field trip: Fossil Expeditions
October is: International Dinosaur Month
Department Of Paleobiology National Museum of Natural History: Digital Shark Tooth Key
Jim Bourdon on Lee Creek: Guitarfishes, Skates, and Rays
Where did all the dinosaurs go? The K-T Boundary
Fossils and related information focusing on: west-central Illinois
Jeff's Journal: Dinosaur Paleontology
Nicola Cosanni recommended: The Italian website of paleontology and I agree it is worth visiting.
Fossils, Minerals, and a fun web page:
Ewok's Home Page
and fossils just from the Geelong region
A rockhound ring: Gems, Minerals, & Fossils Clubs WebRing
Paleoart & Minerals: Mineral Fossil Lapidary Network
Take a trip to the: Green River Formation
More links about fossils:
Plant fossils
Ammonites
Fossils
Fossils II
The Fossil Company
Trapped bugs and petrified tree sap:
Amber
Amber Page
Real Amber
Baltic Amber
Paleontology links: Fossils
A good variety of fossils: The Gateway Country Fossil Page
Claimed to be 1/4 mile east of the exact middle of nowhere: The John Day fossil beds
Carboniferous Ferns:
Mazon Creek ferns
More ferns
Penn. ferns
A baby T-Rex: Tinker
Mostly from the Atlantic Coastal Plain: Vertebrate fossils
From Nebraska: Invertebrate fossils
Mass Extinctions: Can you name the five big ones before you click?
Paleomicrophotographs: from Rik Hill
Some fossils: from Steven Holley
Inclusions in Baltic Amber: from Andrzej Gorski
Petoskey Stones and Petoskey Stone jewelry from: Steve Webster
Trilobites from:
Kevin Maddy
Sam Gon III has a site, recommended by Scientific American, you don't want to miss.
Barry Sutton has fossils from Missouri:
Pennsylvanian Fossils
Mississippian Fossils
Fossil Collecting in Pennsylvania:
Mahantango
Parks
A 'dig'
Devonian
Tivadar Pcsi has minerals from: Hungary and Romania
A big directory of places to buy rocks and minerals: Rock Shops
Educational and club resources, coloring books, cartoons, and more for Rockhounds: Diamond Dan Publicatiions
Rocks, minerals, and fossils from the: Open Adit
Chris Tucker has: Minerals from Montana
Visit a great rock shop and meet the author of: Rockhounding in Eastern New York and Nearby New England
A great Rockhounds site with lots of links (run by a miner in Maine): Tourmaline, Great Collecting sites, and more
One of the best all-around Rock and Mineral sites on the Web: Bob's Rock Shop
A favorite dealer with really nice specimens I have dealt with successfully many times: John Betts - Fine Minerals
Someone else I have dealt with successfully over time: The Arkenstone
Someone else I have dealt with successfully, and he sure makes fine display cabinets: Monadnock Mineral & Display
Analytical services, meteorites, mine models, minerals, books, and more: Excalibur Minerals These are good folks, and their analytical services are great!
Richard Hetzel has: Jewelry, Findings, Gemstones and Crafting Supplies
You will find more than just specimens at: Mineral Town
Unique Gifts from Mother Earth to You: Mama's Minerals Not only are they a full service rock shop, they have many interesting articles and links of general interest.
Peruvian Minerals and Andean Gems: from Giancarlo Consiglieri
Great Opal Rough:
Opal Rough from Keith Rigby and some hints on cutting small stones by me that Keith has been kind enough to post.
And another good source:
Opal Rough from Art Kingsbury
And one more good source:
Cut Opal from Murray Colebourn
And yet another good source:
Allan Aoyama has opals and more
And still another source for:
Australian opals & opal jewelry from Opals Down Under
And also: Opals Guaranteed for Opal, Opal Jewelry, Australian Opal, Black Opal and Opal Rough
And if you want your opal from the north instead of the south, check out:
the glowing stuff from Kamloops
You can find out how crystals are mined and cleaned too: Sweet Surrender Crystal Mine
Extensive lapidary site: Art From God
Peruvian mineral specimens from: Giancarlo Consiglieri
I'm pleased to have some fine specimens from folks who are as: Wild About Rocks as I am.
An old fashioned rock shop that has been a family business since 1952: Hoff's Rock Shop
A wonderful website with lots of equipment, supplies, and information: the CyberRockhound probably has it
A wide selection of fossils from around the world: Jack McCullough Fossils
Fine quality mineral specimens from worldwide localities: from Marin Mineral
Rough and Gems: Russo &.
You knew there had to be one: The Mineral of the Month
John Gilbert has: oil related rocks
Located in Bingham, NM: The Blanchard Rock Shop
Some really beautiful quartz: Cascade Scepters
Some fine specimens from: Stephen Blyskal
Interesting Dealer: Mineral specimen dealers.Gwynant Valley Minerals.U.K. .
Lapidary equipment, tools and supplies: Dads is one of the oldest and largest rock shops in the USA
Interesting stuff from: Fazalur Qazi
More Interesting stuff from: Sanju Gems
Great minerals for sale: at Element 51 (Tim is another dealer I can personally recommend).
Hand Made: Agate Lamps
High quality meteorites and information about various meteorite falls at: Arizona Skies Meteorites
Diamond Lapidary Equipment: from Inland Craft
A dealer that is out of this world:
Meteorites, Impactites and Tektites for Science, Education and Collectors - english
and Dean Bessey is another source:
at the Meteorite Shop
Cut stones and faceting rough: Heirloom Creations
Symbols, Meanings, and Meta-Physics of specimens: Gemstone Lore
Healthstones' Hobbies: Brings Nature to your Front Door
Some very fine specimens (and a great home page graphic): Elephant Mine Minerals
Eliza Mazur has some interesting jewelry at: Autumn Gallery
An extensive collection of spectacular specimens: Great South Gems and Minerals
An interesting mix of minerals and travel, with a promise of more to come: Terra Firma Outfitters
Tools: Miners, Inc.
Matt Duncan claims to have the best: Gold Nuggets, Specimens and Gold Crystals
Yukon Bob runs a: Gold Panning school, museum and gift shop
Seth Griffin has: opal, Andamooka matrix, and more
Gems from East Africa: Lapigems Gem Company
Supplies and more for educators and rockhounds: WARD's Natural Science Establishment
Jewelry making supplies from: Contenti
Deewble has Agates (and other stuff): from Australia
Agates of all types, shapes, and sizes from: Ronald Rodgers
John McQueen has: Tanzanite
Lots of information and related products can be found at: Pearls Of Joy
Online Rockshop: with Petrified Wood, Thundereggs, Bookends, Agates, Slices of Rock
Rare and out-of-print Geoscience books: Ed Rogers
A greek dealer in minerals and educational earth science resources: Dimitris Minatidis
Cabbing rough, slabs, fossils, minerals, and more: Doug Up Rocks
Photos, Minerals, and digital postcards: Earth Moods
A great source for MicroMount Equipment, Supplies, and Specimens: Mineralien and some great pictures
A newsletter about gemstones and the market: The Gemstone Forecaster
Manufacturer of a Silicon Carbide that mimics Diamonds: Moissanite
Another interesting dealer: The Meteorite Exchange
Affordable Quartz Crystals and Minerals from around the world: Spirit of the Crystals
Arizona and the Southwest USA: Gallagher Minerals
A source for micro specimens: Sauktown Sales
Solid australian opals: from coober pedy
You can find some interesting specimens: at Element 51
Nice stuff with a great 'Hall of Fame': The Mineral Gallery and Auction
Minerals from Tasmania and Australia and more: the Main Adit
Dealer: Apache Gems
Hand crafted and custom made fashion jewelry from: Wellness Crystsls
Minerals in Italy.: and more
A dealer with specimens from all over the world: Penn Minerals
Jewelry, Gifts, Gemstones and Minerals: from around the world
Jewelry and Diamonds: from Go 4 Jewel
This site had some interesting opal and many great crystals: Adams Minerals
Besides books or flowers, you can collect minerals by mail too: A Monthly Mineral Fix
An interesting dealer with a lot more than just rocks: Aaron Andersen
Peruvian minerals, including blue opal: Mining Center
From Argentina: Patagonian & Condor Agates
Thumbnails and more: Mineral Zone
Facet (and cab) rough from around the world: Gemstones And Rough
A dealer with great information content too: The Gem and Mineral Exploration Company
Real marbles made from rocks and more: Round Rocks Etc.
Ann and Andy Parker: Agate House Lapidary
A whole lot more than just purple rocks: The Amethyst Galleries
Gold mining supplies:
Cal-Gold
Lifestyle Store
Cliff Freeman's Pro Pan gold pan
Genuine Core Samples from the Homestake Gold Mine
Diamonds and jewelry from: Kakadia
Trinity Mineral Co. Auction Room
The GemNet Auction
Beautiful specimens from the USA and elsewhere: Kevin Conroy Minerals
Some very beautiful crystals from: Gio Russo
If you need to find a classic reference source try: Out of Print Books
Sculptures, carvings, fossils, candles, crystals, rough material, shona art, mining equipment: and More
An interesting mix of minerals and literature: Tidbits
You can find free classified for your web site, your mineral business, exchanges on my page : You'll find also many info about minerals from Brittany
Larry Rush: wants to exchange minerals
For the Lapis website, surf to: Lapis Extra
Here is a link to Emerald Creek in Idaho: Star Garnets
Diamond mining in Canada: and go back to the table of contents for Sue, the T-rex
Some interesting links: rocks in hemsida
More interesting links: The Cape-Atlantic Rockhounds Links Page
Still more interesting links: Adirondack Rockhounders Hot Links
Hollow rocks with crystals: Geodes
A tongue-in-cheek look at mineral collecting at: The VUGSTER
Want to trade something?: Rock Swap
Minerals from Arizona: Blue and Green (and other) Rocks
Minerals from the Elemwood, Gordonsville, and Cumberland mines: Tennessee Minerals
A good rock magazine: Rocks and Minerals
Another dealer: UC Minerals
And several times a year you can go to: The Crystal Fair
GemData, Mine Design & The Spectrum Network: Home of the original interactive "Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show Calendar"
Tourmaline and more: Trinity Minerals
More mineral pictures and other neat stuff from a collector in Norway: Bjorn's Mineral Web
A rockhound ring: Gems, Minerals, & Fossils Clubs WebRing
A dealer in flats (and individual specimens): OsoSoft Mineral Connection
A Canadian dealer: Gemstones from all around the world
One of the best known collecting sites in the world: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Rough gemstones from around the world: LICCINI
The Crystal Fair: rock & mineral, gem & jewelry shows
Take the trip of your dreams and collect minerals in Mexico: Mineral Safari
Made in Montana: Mac's Gems
PA geology: A FUTURE GEOLOGIST'S WEB PAGE
PA minerals and lots of information: Penn Minerals .
Go collecting with Bob Jackson (and he sure has some nice rocks): Geology Adventures
Another dealer: P.A.Z. Gem and Crystal Creations
This site is run by a jasper miner: The American Cutters Gallery
Montana Agate Slabs and rough: Harmon's
Lapis, Jade, Emeralds, and other rough: Beauty and the Beads
Wholesale Jewelers' and Lapidary Supplies: Thunderbird Supply Company
Geodes, minerals, and fossils: Geode Home Page
A dealer with a good selection of books too: The Mineralogical Research Co.
Italian and worldwide minerals: Alessandro Genazzani
Geologist, Journalist, wannabe Web Designer: Aaron Fox
From the Schorl King: SJR ~ ASSORTED SPECIMENS 1
Interesting dealer with unique specimens: Royal Scepter Gems and Minerals
Publisher of gem & mineral references and guides: LR Ream Publishing
Crystals, shells, coral, and more: Shamrock Crystals
Tidbits on Opal from a jeweler: Joseph Rosi
Custom cut gemstones: Faceters Co-Op
A lobbying organization for rockhounds: American Land Access Association
An online jewelry store: Jewelry Days
Rockhounds Mailing List Info FAQ File
Jon Gladwell Collection
WORLD WIDE MINERAL LINK COLLECTION
Rays Rock Page
Rio Grande Tool Company
Worldwide Imports - Division of Imex International
Minerals - Mark Case
The Stone Company
Aqualit Top Stone
CJ Lanese rough and faceted
Coast-to-Coast Rare Stones
Cranestone Gems - Australia
The BLM wants to rewrite the mining act of 1872 that lets US citizens be Rockhounds (and governs mining activities in general): Surface management regulation #3809
Web Site design services for Rockhounds, great links, and much more: Bradford Smith
Univ of Wisconsin Geology Course
Lapidary Help and Tips from geology.wisc.edu
An Introduction to: Geology and Hard Rock Mining
The Gem and Jewelry Master Board BBS
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/polaris.htm
Making Your Own Polariscope for Gemology
GemNet Forum
Visual Commodity Index
Facet Shoppe
GBA-Worldwide rough and faceted
Gemstone Brokerage Associates Ltd
Gemstone Gallery
http://www.greatbasin.net/~higrade/index.htm
High Grade District
U.S. Geological Survey
Geological Survey of Canada
Ganoksin Online
Small Bench Tools Descriptions
Tips From The Jewelry Bench Search Engine
Jewelry Courses
Jewelery Design Resource Site
The Jewelery Arcade
Common Minerals and Their Uses
Overview of Gemstone Production - US Bureau of Mines
Geographic Nameserver
Minerals, Crystals and Their Systems
Mineral Names
Periodic Table of Elements
Geo-Search - Jeremy Fuller
Piezoelectric properties of quartz - Louis Bradshaw
Los Angeles Natural History Museum CDROM of Minerals
Mineral Chemistry
and type localities
Mineral Clip Art
Mineral Information & Pictures
Radioactive Minerals - Andy Christy
Mineral Specifications Online
Canadian Clubs
California Clubs
Quartzsite, AZ Show
Trona, CA Show - Jon Gladwell
Canadian Gemmological Assoc. Show
A good place to be in September: The Denver Gem & Mineral Show
Michael McCann's Arts Safety and Hazards
UNMC Chemical Safety MSDS Home Page
EPA's index to MSDS Safety Data Sheets
Valley Fever
What is Valley Fever
More Valley Fever
Arizona Rainbow Petrified Wood - Charles Stewart
Louisiana Fossils
Minerals from Belgium in English and in French
New York Area Fossils
North Carolina Fee-for-entry sites
North Carolina Archaelogy and fossil links
Oregon Rockhounding
Tennessee Locality Page - Brett Shaffer
Virgin Valley Opal
Wisconsin Geology/Mineralogy - William Cordua
The Australian Mineral Collector
Belgian Virtual Quarry
The Norwegian Rock & Mineral Guide
Portugese Sauropod Trackways
Russian Minerals
Binn Valley Switzerland - Bart de Weerd
Fluorite
Historic Gold Collection
Chrysocolla and Gem Silica
Fluorescent Minerals
Larimar
Gold prospecting
The Agate Page - Roger Pabian
Rock Eggs
Benitoite
Kentucky Geodes
Diamonds
Japanese law scepter quartz twin
Jasper
Optical grade calcite
Sui-Seki Pictures
Tourmaline
Wulfenite (Smithsonian)
Wise Mine Page
Jacobs Ruby Mine
Himalaya Mine - California Tourmaline
Topaz Mountain
Herkimer Diamonds
Kelly Mine Smithsonite or
Kelly Mine
Crystal Hill Mine
Thunder Eggs and the Baker Mine
You can return to The Tomaszewski Family Public Home Page, or visit my personal homepage for more Rockhounding information, or read about Labeling and Cataloging Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils, or learn how to make your own lapidary equipment, or review some field trip reports, or view some specimens from my collection, or send me Email at Kreigh@Tomaszewski.net .
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Here's a list I have - haven't checked tham all lately though.
Gem Editor's Page - To join: E-mail Fred Sias, frsias@ces.clemson.edu, and
ask him to include you.
Gem-and-Facets mailing list and/or digest version can be Subscribed or
Unsubscribed to at http://www.gemdata.com. This mailing list covers colored
gemstones, diamonds, rough, faceting, gem, jewelry and mineral shows and
just about anything to do with the colored gemstone industry.
Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Club Web Rings
Faceting - to join, e-mail Sharan and Don Clark at faceters@gemsociety.org.
and ask them to include you. There is a daily digest of comments submitted
by members at http://www.gemcutter.com/digest.html
The archives page is http://www.gemsociety.org/faceters.htm
FACETERS - AFMS Faceters group.. AFMS MEMBERSHIP IS NOT REQUIRED
To join, send an e-mail to:
afmsfaceterslist-subscribe@egroups.com
For information, go to: http://www.egroups.com/group/afmsfaceterslist
Lapidary Digest - to join; send an e-mail to lapidary@mindspring.com with
the words SUBSCRIBE on the subject line of your letter. Anything in the body
of the message is ignored. This digest is a collection of queries and
answers on lapidary topics submitted by members, and published about every
other day. If you have trouble subscribing, write Hale Sweeny at
hale2@mindspring.com, and ask for help.
Lapidary Digest and Archives + other rockhound information
Rocks and Fossils- You may visit the eGroups web site to subscribe or modify
your subscriptions: http://www.egroups.com/group/rocksandfossils
Rockhounds - Continuation of old group. - To subscribe: Send e-mail to
majordomo@drizzle.com with the words - subscribe rockhounds - in the BODY of
the message. Changed effective 6/15/99 - the old addresss will not work.
Rockhounds II - splinter of old group. Adds chat rooms, swap areas, ad
areas.To join, go to the site
http://www.angelfire.com/or/pioneers/rockhounds.html and follow the
directions there.
AFMS EDITORS - check www.amfed.org for details
The petrified wood group is still active at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PetrifiedWood
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockandgemtrader
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/la-rocks
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eminerals
and an nteresting, informative BB at
http://rocknet.rockhounds.com
Gem Editor's Page - To join: E-mail Fred Sias, frsias@ces.clemson.edu, and
ask him to include you.
Gem-and-Facets mailing list and/or digest version can be Subscribed or
Unsubscribed to at http://www.gemdata.com. This mailing list covers colored
gemstones, diamonds, rough, faceting, gem, jewelry and mineral shows and
just about anything to do with the colored gemstone industry.
Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Club Web Rings
Faceting - to join, e-mail Sharan and Don Clark at faceters@gemsociety.org.
and ask them to include you. There is a daily digest of comments submitted
by members at http://www.gemcutter.com/digest.html
The archives page is http://www.gemsociety.org/faceters.htm
FACETERS - AFMS Faceters group.. AFMS MEMBERSHIP IS NOT REQUIRED
To join, send an e-mail to:
afmsfaceterslist-subscribe@egroups.com
For information, go to: http://www.egroups.com/group/afmsfaceterslist
Lapidary Digest - to join; send an e-mail to lapidary@mindspring.com with
the words SUBSCRIBE on the subject line of your letter. Anything in the body
of the message is ignored. This digest is a collection of queries and
answers on lapidary topics submitted by members, and published about every
other day. If you have trouble subscribing, write Hale Sweeny at
hale2@mindspring.com, and ask for help.
Lapidary Digest and Archives + other rockhound information
http://www.galleries.com/ The Mineral Gallery
http://www.zianet.com/geodekid/ Baker Egg Mine - Thundereggs
http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/table.html Bob's Rock Shop
http://bankswith.apollotrust.com/~zabinski/rhounds.htm Rockhounds
http://www.utenn.edu/uwa/vpps/ur/ut2kids/rocks/apaches.html Legend of
Apache Tears
http://members.tripod.com/~Snakefly/index-2.html Dead Bugs in Amber Club
http://members.tripod.com/~Snakefly/index-2.html Gold Rush in CA info
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/sites/sciearth.htm Earth Sciences Site
http://blues.fd1.uc.edu/www/geology/geologylist/index.html A Geologist's
Lifetime Field List
http://sjgs.com/links.html Links to Geology Sites
http://desertusa.com/ E-Zine w/section on rocks and minerals
http://collectminerals.miningco.com/mmore.htm The Mining Co. mineral
collecting page
http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~jill/Lect3.html This site is by Prof. Jill
Banfield w/the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is an online college
geology class that is very well done with movies too.
MiningHistory email list at: http://www.onelist.com
Some lists to verify...
