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Rock and Mineral Localities
Principally for sites that describe a mineral setting, whether it be from a collectors view point, or the description of a mineral holotype.
Holotype : The locality that describes the mineral - usually where it was first discovered.
Holotype : The locality that describes the mineral - usually where it was first discovered.
Sites in Rock and Mineral Localities
Mineral World & Scratch Patch
The West Coast's award-winning gemstone & gift store. The Scratch Patch is an family oriented outdoor garden of gem collecting, gold panning and fossil excavating.
Minerals of Australia and New Zealand
Information about the minerals and mineral locations in Australia and New Zealand.
Murray and Simon's Prospectors' Homepage
Educational site dedicated to current mineral exploration in the Cobalt Mining Camp. Geological, historical and area property info featured with rock pics and graphics.
The Mineralogy of Nova Scotia
Minerals and mineral collecting in Nova Scotia, Canada
The gold mines and miners of Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, USA.
Crystal Point Diamond Mines
A family welcome quartz crystal fee-dig mine located in Williamsport, PA.
Mineral Location Database CD-ROM
Information on 221,000 mineral sites (occurrences, deposits, mines, processing facilities).
Oregon Coast Agate
Rockhound's Guide to collecting/beachcombing Oregon Coast Agate.
The Berry Gem Mine - Maine
Mineral collecting and leasing information for beginner to pro. Complete list of tourmaline sites.
Franklin and Sterling Hill
On-line guide to minerals found in the Franklin-Sterling Hill mining district, located in the towns of Franklin and Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
UK Mining Ventures
Green crystallized fluorite from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale, Northern England. The last remaining mine active in the historic Weardale mining district.
Sheffield Mine
A native mine yielding star rubies, sapphires and garnets, for both the serious and the amateur rockhound.
Ron Coleman Mining, Inc.
Quartz crystal at the Arkansas' Old Coleman Mine.
Fossils & Minerals
First-hand description of interesting geological localities (minerals & fossils).
Wegner Quartz Crystal Mines
Arkansas' natural quartz crystals mine.
Oman Virtual Field Trip
Site designed for an education aid to students, but contains many excellent slides showing the geology of Oman. See dolerite dykes, harzburgite, and channel-fill structures.
Kamloops Geology and Fossil Tours
Crystal, Mineral & Fossil digging tours into the mountains around Kamloops, BC.
Mines and minerals of Devon & Cornwall
Disued mines and quarries of Devon and Cornwall and the minerals they produced. Cultral history and folklore of the mining people.
Alkali-Nuts: Mont Saint-Hilaire
Located East of Montréal, in Mont Saint-Hilaire and has become a major collecting site of rare mineral specimens. Offers mineral and assemblage guide, along with local dealer listings.
AFB Exploration
Geological Report on a Tantalite Project situated in Namibia and South Africa.
Steve Sorrell's Main Adit
Minerals and mineral locations in Tasmania.
The Ikaite Holotype
Account of expedition to investigate Greenland's melting mineral. |
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