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- A Virginia Rockhounder - Husband-and-wife team share general rockhounding information, display specimens, and fossil collection.
www.virginiarockhounder.com/index.shtml
- About.com - Kids' Collecting Rocks and Minerals page. The starting point for kids, with index of related websites.
kidscollecting.miningco.com/msub4.htm
- Agate.com - Chronicles of rockhounding trips through Washington, Oregon and Arizona, by Jason Matthiessen; including photos of finds, with links to other sites.
agate.8k.com
- Balls O' Fire - Mining, processing and history of the fire agate. Specimen collection, with custom jewelry sales.
www.epcnet.com/fire
- Boo's Rockhounding - Multi-state listing of rock, mineral and fossil fee-collecting sites. Also, Midwest Rockhound calendar of events. Includes info on how to grow your own crystals.
www.commean.com/rocks
- Boris' Mineral Collection - Enthusiasts's site describes mineral collection, features a photo gallery, locations and the list of specimens.
borisminerals.tripod.com
- Cape Cod Rocks - Pictorial museum, exhibiting gems, fossils, rocks, and mineral specimens.
www.capecodrocks.org
- Cape-Atlantic Rockhounds - Club for enthusiasts based in Cologne, NJ. Rock collecting, lapidary, geology, mineralogy, shows and related activities.
www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/2038
- Cliff's Gems and Bobbie's Things - Fire agate for all for collectors and hobbyists.
www.cliffsgems.com
- Collecting and Polishing British Rocks - Pictures of polished igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks and information on how to collect and polish them. Some descriptions of rock forming minerals also available.
www26.brinkster.com/jrob
- Convair Rockhound Association - Family-oriented club, located in San Diego, CA. Activities include field trips, monthly meetings, jewelry making and shows.
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/3436
- ELS Jr. Rockhounds - Club is located in Evansville, Indiana, and open to youngsters ages 9-16. Study earth sciences, field trips and shows.
members.evansville.net/mylines/mygems.html
- Gem Guides Book Company - Book distributor of books on gems, rockhounding, crystals, mineral collecting, lapidary and jewelrymaking.
www.gemguidesbooks.com
- Geology Adventures - Founded in 1983. Book rockhounding field trips for clubs and organizations.
www.geologyadventures.com
- Geology and Earth Sciences - Fossils of Washington State and a geologic time table.
home.attbi.com/~rsseymour/mainindian.html
- Interior British Columbia - Geology and paleontology tours. Photographs of recent mineral and fossil finds in and around the Kamloops area.
members.tripod.com/~ratcliffej
- Kamloops Rock Works - Tours for rockhounds, including: McAbee fossil beds, McGillivray quartz crystals, and Fraser River jade tour.
www.kamloopsrockworks.com
- Kentucky Agate Collecting - Personal collection of Kentucky agate and other materials. Related links page, including clubs.
www.kentuckyagate.net/rbagate
- Kreigh's Web Resources - 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.
Tomaszewski.net/Kreigh/Minerals/MineralLinks.shtml
- Littleton Gem and Mineral Club - The LGMC assists in the enjoyment of finding, procuring, collecting, processing, identifying, exchanging, and displaying gems, minerals, fossils and jewelry as a hobby.
www.geocities.com/littletongmc
- Loch's Mineral Trading Post - Rockhound enthusiast's site containing photos of mineral specimens for trade and viewing.
www.geocities.com/lochsminerals/index.htm
- Loch's Rocks - Rockhound enthusiast's site containing photos of mineral specimens for trade and viewing.
www.lochsrocks.com
- Marco's Italian Minerals - Private collection, trade lists, research; and exchange experiences with other rockhounds. Only site that trades exclusively in Italian, or alpine minerals.
web.tiscali.it/mmacchieraldo
- Middle Tennessee Rockhounds - Non-profit, family-oriented organization that is open to individuals of all ages who share common interests in collecting and working with gems, minerals, jewelry, geology, and fossils.
www.rockhound.org
- Mineral Search Safaris - Geological Artifacts Tours organized safaris to Mexico. Itinerary, reports, schedules and related information.
www.mineralsearch.com
- Minerals, Specimens and Crystals - Online link direct to the mines and lapidary shops for mineral specimens and crystals, display specimens, unique decorator and collector pieces.
www.mineralminers.com/html/mineral_specimens.htm
- MinMax - Mineral Information system - Searchable, interactive database of minerals, localities and other rockhounding information.
www.minmax.net/en
- Nikolay Gospodinov Collection - Bilingual Russian and English language site with photos and information on the mineral and fossil collection of Nikolay Gospodinov.
nikolaygospodinov.tripod.com
- Norwegian Rockhound - Photos of Norwegian minerals, with short descriptions of the geological parageneses they were found in.
folk.uio.no/hansjb
- Rick Westerholm's Idaho Gem Trails Page - Rock hounding site featuring photos of gem and mineral specimens collected in the state of Idaho.
members.tripod.com/rickwesterholm/index.htm
- Rock Hound's Home - Intended to give those individuals interested in rocks, minerals, and lapidary, a source for information on the earth sciences, and supporting organizations.
www.ghgcorp.com/gpenning/index.htm
- Rockhound - Located on the rugged west slope of the Little Florida Mountains, the park is a favorite for "rockhounds" because of the abundant agates and quartz crystals found there. Hiking trails provide spectacular views of the surrounding landscape.
www.emnrd.state.nm.us/nmparks/PAGES/parks/rockh/rockh.htm
- Rockhound Corner's - Extensive collections of rocks and minerals, rare books on the subject, and related links. Bilingual.
www.dsuper.net/~marcouet/my.htm
- Rockhound Retiring - Selling collection recovered over 40 years of rockhounding. Some lapidary equipment, jewelry mountings, tumbled agates, and matching western bolo ties and buckles.
bixbyok.com/rockhound
- Rockhounding Arkansas - An authoritative and comprehensive guide to Arkansas geology, minerals, and the hobby of rockhounding. Written by the well known geologist Mike Howard.
rockhoundingar.com
- Rockhounds Information Page - Link list and information about the rockhounds mailing list.
www.rahul.net/infodyn/rockhounds/rockhounds.html
- Stone Trails - Pacific-Northwest gem, mineral and fossil locations, with information to assist the rockhound.
www.stonetrails.com/index.htm
- Tucson Gem and Mineral Show Report - Information and show schedules for the annual Tucson Gem and Mineral Show featuring extensive illustrated reports by Bob Keller.
www.tucsonshow.com
- Virgin Valley Opals - Some of the most beautiful and rarest opals in the world come from Virgin Valley, Nevada. Includes collection sites, geology and history of the area.
www.angelfire.com/nv2/opals
- Where To Find Agate - Online locator service for all types, shape and sizes of Agate.
www.wheretofindagate.com
- World of Rockhounds - Rockhound chat and list serv. Three lists and two chat rooms available. One for rock talk, one for selling products, and one for finalizing your sales. Also promotes a banner exchange.
www.angelfire.com/or/pioneers/rockhounds.html
- World Wide Gold Nuggets - Featuring gold nuggets from Africa, Australia, Bolivia, Canada, and the US. Includes rare Crystalline gold. Many sizes from 1 gram up to over 1 ounce.
www.goldnuggets.net
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