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Welcome to the Rockhounds Information Page.

This page was established by the members of the Rockhounds email list in 1994 and, as such, it is one of the  longest-standing and highest rated rockhound web pages on the Internet. We hope you will find it useful.

The Rockhounds email list has been in continuous discussion since 1993 and is currently located and maintained at drizzle.com. To subscribe to it, please go to to its home page at drizzle.com.

Archives for the Rockhounds list are in several places:

• searchable archives for 2003 and 2004,
• browsable archives for 2002 through the present,
• searchable archives for 1994 through 1999,
• and a mirror, hosted by Kreigh Tomaszewski, which also includes archives going back to 1994

If you have a web site that is related to rockhounding and gem and mineral collecting, you may request that it be added to this page by sending an email to our webmaster. Reciprocal links are appreciated!

The following information is currently available:

• Rock Shops and Galleries
• Images and Pictures
• Books, Articles, and Other Publications
• General Earth Science Info
• Paleontology-Related Sites
• Lapidary-Related Sites
• Collecting Sites and Trips
• Other Earth Science Related Groups, Clubs, and Societies
• Software
• Personal Home Pages of Other Collectors

Or you may use the search form below to search Google with the results tailored to rockhounding-related topics.

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• The OBG Gems & Minerals cyber-store features hundreds of mineral specimens and related items for sale.
• The Avalon Crystalworks page features crystals for sale as well as a picture of one of the prettiest mineral dealers that I have ever seen! :-)
• The Gems Direct page is an online jewelry and gem store.
• The Internet Diamond Exchange page features gem and jewelry discussion groups and other links.
• The Arizona Rockshop page features pictures of Virgin Valley fire opals as well as other collecting info.
• The Noema Gems page has gems, jewelry, minerals and fossils for sale.
• Charles Ward's Fluorescent Minerals page has fluorescents from all over the world (including Franklin, NJ) for sale.
• The Many Facets Rock Shop page has gems, jewelry, minerals and fossils for sale.
• The UC Minerals page has mineral specimens for sale.
• The Rockman McLean Trading Co page specializes in earth science educational products.
• The Mineral Gallery specializes in cabinet sized mineral specimens.
• The Kelrocks page specializes in mineral specimens, gemstones, and silver jewelry.
• Great Basin Minerals specializes in self-collected, rare and beautiful mineral species from Nevada and the Great Basin.
• Adam's Minerals has mineral specimens and gemstones for sale.
• The Coolrox Limited page has rocks, minerals, and fossils for sale.
• The Adamas Gemological Laboratory web site features information on DeBeer's synthetic diamonds.
• Fabre Minerals is a European Internet mineral dealer.
• Gemstoneworld is a mine direct supplier of facet rough and cut gemstones from around the world.
• Rough and Tumble's WebSite has gemstones as well as lapidary supplies for sale.
• Steve's Stones has finished gemstones for sale.
• The Mineral Market in an online gem, mineral, and fossil shopping mall. It features an online mineral, fossil, and gemstone auction.
• The Gem Kingdom has gemstones, jewelry, and mineral specimens for sale.
• Royal Scepter Gems and Minerals has mineral specimens, silver, turquoise, and jewelry for sale.
• Bob's Rock Shop, an excellent, non-commercial site containing mineral specimen displays, collecting site information, software, and a rock trader classified page.
• The Amber Lady, a commercial site for those interested in amber.
• Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery, "The First Internet Rock Shop". This is one of the best sites I have found on the web. It contains a wealth of mineralogical information, as well as many nice specimens for sale. Check it out!
• The Stone Company, a commercial site offering fossil specimens for sale.
• The Gem Hut, a commercial site offering gemstones for sale.
• The High Grade District is a mineral shop. The web page also contains a report on the '96 Tucson show.
• If you are into LARGE (as in an 18,000 pound double terminated quartz crystal!), Zee's in Tucson, Arizona is the place for you.
• Olympic Mountain Gems has a large selection of gems and jewelry for sale.
• The Facet Shoppe features custom faceting of colored gemstones as well as the sale of rough and cut gems.
• White Nights Siberian Minerals specializes in imported Russian minerals, such as jade, charoite, and agate.
• Indigo Instruments sells science-related equipment, including field magnifiers.
• The Mineral World & Scratch Patch is a "geological tourist attraction" near Vancouver, BC.
• The Jewelry Mall has links to jewelry-related stores.
• The Ganoksin Online gallery contains links to jewelry-related stores as well as Tips from the Jewelers Bench, a comprehensive collection of jewelry making techniques.
• The OsoSoft Mineral Collection page offers specimens for sale, mineral photos, and other links.
• The GemWorld home page has specimens, equipment, and supplies for sale.
• Two Guys Minerals and Fossils offers mineral and fossil specimens as well as fossil collecting field trips.
• Treasures of the Earth sells fossils, minerals and artifacts.
• J and S Fossils features giant megalodon shark jaw reproductions.
• The Gem and Mineral Exploration Company page has information on the Himalaya Mine, Topaz Mtn, Owens Valley, Pelican Point and several other major collecting areas.
• The ConnRox Minerals site features specimens for sale by collector Larry Rush.
• The Clear Creek Crystal Mine site, in addition to crystals for sale direct from the mine, features articles on owning your own crystal mine, as well as digging for and cleaning crystals.
• Lapigems is a commercial seller of fine gemstones specializing in Tanzanite and Tsavorite.
• Azemerald offers loose emeralds from Colombia and peridot gemstones from Arizona.
• The Star Ruby Shop offers ruby jewelry, star ruby cabochons, faceted rubies and other loose gemstones via their online store
• Tiger Oak Antiques & Gems specializes in northwest USA rocks & gems, including Morrisonite.
• Barlow's Gems features many unique materials, custom cut for the creative jeweler.
• Agates from Sudetes is a site in Poland devoted to agates.
• AZ Blue Rockers has rings, necklaces, earrings, clocks, rough rock, petrified wood, Arizona Garden Agate, Montana agate and many other natural rock items.
• Online Edelstein offers minerals and cut gemstones from worldwide localities, specializing in rare minerals and gemstones.

• An amazing 3D image wall of several hundred specimens from OBG Gems & Minerals!
• The image collection at the Smithsonian.
• The web page and mineral image collection at the Institute for Mineralogy and Mineral Resources at the Technical University of Clausthal in Germany.
• The Museum of Mineralogy, at the Ecole de Mines (School of Mines) in Paris.
• The Wilensky Mineral Video. This site is offering a mineral video tape catalog for collectors.
• TheImage home page features over 300 photos of minerals and gems.

• The Mineralogical Record magazine website allows you to search back issues for items of interest. It also has a great bookstore!
• Rocks and Minerals magazine is another top-notch publication, with extensive archives.
• Another long-standing publication is Rock & Gem magazine
• The Lapidary Journal has a primary focus on topics of interest to the lapidary, but includes articles on collecting sites as well.
• The American Mineralogist is the Journal of the Mineralogical Society of America.
• Search Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble for books of interest.
• National Gemstone's Home Page contains gemstone-related articles and prices.
• GeoScience Books is a supplier of geology-related books of all types.
• The Eclectic Lapidary is a new electronic publication for the lapidary community.
• The LR Ream Publishing page contains info on books on Idaho collecting.
• The "He's Nothing But a Rockhound" an article written for Science Bytes, an online magazine for children published by the University of Tennessee.

• Mindat.org is the largest mineral database and mineralogical reference website on the internet. This site contains worldwide data on minerals, mineral collecting, mineral localities and other mineralogical information.
• The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom page offers information on mineral classification, gemstones, and mineral resources.
• The Earth Sciences web page at the University of Calgary in Canada.
• The Department of Earth Sciences web page, at the University of Sheffield, UK. This site feature many useful geology-related links.
• The Virtual Earth web page, a tour of the world wide web for earth scientists, and the Soft Earth, which features links to geoscience-related software.
• The USGS home page.
• The Natural History Museum at Berne, Switzerland. This site contains information on both mineralogy and paleontology.
• The USGS Mineral Resource Surveys Program contains mineral resource information as well as several links to other sites. There is also a Mineral Information page at this site.
• The Geological Survey of Canada.
• The Australian Geological Survey.
• The Athena Mineralogy Page features a wealth of mineralogical data including searchable databases.
• Crystallography Information Server contains information on crystallography, including software and links to other sites.
• The National Association of Geoscience Teachers site contains information on geology, organizations, journals, maps, and software.
• The Latest Earthquake Information from the USGS.
• The Museum of Victoria web page contains information on the collections, services and research of the Mineralogy and Petrology section of the Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• Mineraltown.com is a web site full of information on mineral collecting with photo galleries, articles, videos, information on mineral shows, free classified ads, and much more.
• The Vug is a very comprehensive online resource for all things related to mineralogy, from dealers, to shows, to collecting localities, and much more.
• The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory site. The site has two interesting webcams -- the Pu'u O'o webcam and the Halema'uma'u webcam.

• Collecting Fossils in California page contains information on fossil collecting sites.
• The Field Museum of Natural History web page.
• Dino Russ's Lair. This site is devoted mainly to vertebrate paleontology-related subjects.
• The University of California Paleontology Museum at UC Berkeley. This site contains a virtual tour of geologic time including the related stratigraphy and fossils.
• The First Dinosaur Skeleton, an article about the discovery of Hadrosaurus in Haddonfield, NJ, in 1858.
• The Paleontology Museum in Oslo, Norway has a lot of fossil images.
• The Fossils of New Jersey page is dedicated to the geology and paleontology of New Jersey.

• Alan Silverstein's Collected Information on Rock Tumbling
• Alan Silverstein's article on how to build a 50 lb. Rock Tumbler!
• Kreigh Tomaszewski's Homemade Lapidary Equipment page has plans and instructions for numerous home made lapidary equipment projects.
• Delta One Lapidary specializes in lapidary supplies, equipment and tools.
• Gemstone Shoppers provides neutral and practical information about gemstones (they don't sell gemstones), including how they are graded and valued.

• The Mayhill Press page contains gold and gem maps and other info.
• The Rockhounding Arkansas page contains a wealth of information on Arkansas minerals and collecting sites.
• Ron Coleman's Quartz Crystal Mines page contains a wealth of information on the Ouachita Mountain Range in Arkansas as well as the Old Coleman Mine.
• And... for all of the things that you can't collect, do, fold, spindle or mutilate here in the good 'ole USA -- the Code of Federal Regulations Server. If this doesn't ruin your collecting trip, nothing will!
• Alan Silverstein has an article on how to make a Rock Collecting Pouch.

• The Tucson Gem & Mineral Society page contains club, field trip, and show information. This is arguably one the most prestigious gem and mineral societies in the world.
• The Montreal Gem & Mineral Club page contains club, field trip, and show information.
• The Everett Rock & Gem Club page contains club and meeting information.
• The Middle Tennessee Gem & Mineral Society page contains club, field trip, and meeting information.
• The Fort Worth Gem and Mineral Club page contains information about the club and has links to other clubs plus a calendar of events.
• The Northwest Opal Association page contains information about the club and Opals in general.
• The Gold Prospectors Association of America page contains a wealth of information about, you guessed it, gold prospecting.
• The North Jeffco Gem and Mineral Club page contains club, field trip, and show information.
• The Mineral Collectors Page, sponsored by the Mineralogy Club of Antwerp, Belgium includes The Virtual Quarry, a non-commercial classified advertising service.
• The French Micromount Association Page, sponsored by the French Association of Micromineralogy.
• The Southeast Federation of Mineralogical Societies page offers several types of lapidary workshops.
• The Geological Society of America page contains meeting and publication information.
• The Carolina Geological Society page contains meeting and publication information.
• The Washington State Mineral Council page contains club and field trip information.
• The Mineralogical Society of America page contains information on meetings, publications, and membership.
• The International Colored Gemstone Association page contains information on gemstones and tips on how to buy them.
• The Searcher's Gem and Mineral Society of Anaheim, California contains meeting and show information.
• The Mineralogical Association of Canada page contains information on Canadian minerals.
• The Mountain Area Gem and Mineral Association (M.A.G.M.A.) is known for its many high-quality field trips in the southeastern US.
• The Boston Mineral Club meets in Cambridge, MA. The BMC site is constantly updated with field trips, annual specimen competition and auction information. Members have access to the last 20 years of newsletters. Public area has many articles pertinent to the region.
• The Micromounters of New England, currently meeting in Chelmsford, MA, tfocuses on (but is not limited to) Palermo, Mont St Hilaire, Francon and any region where pegmatites and phosphates produce interesting mineralogy.

• Bob's Rock Shop has a page dedicated to software.
• The DeLorme Home Page. This page features mapping software and related products.

• Joe Lobell's Oklahoma Minerals page has information on Oklahoma and Texas minerals.
• The Norwegian Rock & Mineral Guide contains just about everything you would want to know about collecting in Norway - in Norwegian.
• Kenneth Colosky's Fluorescent Mineral Page.
• Tim Fisher's Oregon Rockhounds' Home Page. Tim has quite a bit of information about Oregon collecting sites on this page.
• Chris Visco's Earth Science Teacher page contains a lot of useful links and other information.
• Alan Silverstein's Rockhounding links.
• Larry Rush's Mineral Collection Page has lots of great images of specimens from his 50 years of collecting!

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Last Updated: 08/10/2008