Minerals on the Internet

Compiled by Rich Busch of West Chester University

A wide variety of minerals-related sites are on the Internet. Here we have listed many web sites with information related to minerals, sorted by a variety of categories:

Ask a Geologist a Question
Crystallography
Education
Gems & Gemcutting
General/Geoscience Information
Geoscience Societies
Government Issues
Mineral Analysis & Identification
Mineral Collecting, Buying & Trading
Mineral News
Mining & Investment
Museums & Photo Galleries



Ask a Geologist a Question
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Crystallography
International Union of Crystallography
Education
Laboratory Techniques
Petrographic Microscope - The Virtual Microscope
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
Gemology & Crystallography
Gemology/Gem Cutting
Gems & Gemstones by Jill Banfield
General
USGS - The Learning Web
American Geological Institute - AGIWEB Education Page
Earth Science, University of Calgary, Canada
Mineral Chemistry
Mineral Chemistry (STS issues to understand our planet)
Mineral Collecting
Mineral Collecting
Minerals Management
Minerals Management
Mining
Info-Mine
Teaching Resources
Teaching Resources (courtesy of University of Houston)


General
Geotimes Classifieds
Government
U.S. Geological Survey
Mining
Info-Mine
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Gems & Gemcutting
Gemology/Gem Cutting
General/Geoscience Information
American Geological Institute
AGIWEB
Popular University Servers
Earth Science Department homepage - University of Calgary, Canada
Earth Sciences Department - University of Sheffield, UK
Geoscience Resources homepage - University of Houston, USA
Government
U.S. Geological Survey home page
Rockhounds
LW's Geo Site from Sweden
Rockhounds Information Page
Geoscience Societies
American Geological Institute AGIWEB
Geoscience Resources homepage - University of Houston, USA
LW's Geo Site from Sweden
U.S. Geological Survey home page
Government Issues
American Geological Institute AGIWEB
U.S. Geological Survey home page
Mineral Analysis & Identification
Crystals & Gems
Gemology/Gem Cutting
40 Common Minerals and Their Uses
40 Common Minerals
Hardness Testing
Hardness Testing
Mining Industry
Info-Mine
Microscopy/Petrography
Petrographic Microscope - The Virtual Microscope
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
Mineral Collecting, Buying & Trading
Buying
National Gemstone's home page
The First Internet Rock Shop
Collecting & Trading
Gem Collecting for Fun & Profit
Mineral News
Rockhounds Information Page
sci.geo.geology usenet newsgroup
Mining & Investment
Ecole de Mines, Paris mineral collections
Info-Mine
Museums & Photo Galleries
Mineral Photographs & Information, Museum Collections
Clausthal Mineral Collection, Germany
Ecole de Mines, Paris mineral collections
Other Mineral Photo Galleries
Fluorescent Minerals Photo Gallery
Gemstone Images & Descriptions
Bob's Rock Shop image gallery
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