RocksForKids.com
Links to Photographs and other Sites
on the Web
All about Rocks & Minerals!
The
best way to see rocks & minerals is up close and personal. Rocks are neat to have - so that you can look at them and touch them whenever you feel like it. But there are so many interesting rocks & minerals in the world that it is impossible to collect them all - your house just isn't big enough!
That is why it is great to look at pictures of rocks & minerals. Many rock lovers have put pictures of rocks & minerals on their web sites. Here are a few you should check
out.
 | Cochise
College Geology Home Page This educational
site has thousands of stunning photographs of rocks &
minerals. A very well organized site that
is easy to use. Maintained by R. Weller - a geology instructor. |
| Mineral Information
Institute is a national USA not-for-profit
organization dedicated to educating youth about the science of minerals and
other natural resources, and about their importance in our every day lives.
A super easy site to use. Click on the photo
and you will get to a page that shows you photos of the mineral, describes
it & tells you what the mineral is used for.
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Amethyst Gallery Inc. is a mineral
dealer. This site has many photographs of minerals.
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John
Betts Fine Minerals is a
mineral dealer. John is an avid rockhound. This site is very informative.
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The photographs are sorted by images so that
you don't need to know what a mineral is called to find a mineral you like
the look of. Just click on the image and you will find out what it is
called. |
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The Image Gallery
has
many pictures and information on the physical properties of minerals &
gemstones. Just go to a gallery & click on a name.
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Atlas
of Igneous & Metamorphic Rocks Superb photos of thin sections of rocks to demonstrate variety of textures.
Maintained by University of North Carolina, USA as part of "Virtual Geology" project. |
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Rocks
& Minerals Slide Show Shows sedimentary, igneous & metamorphic rocks & gives a brief description of them.
Maintained by Volcano World. |
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International
Colored Gemstone Association This
site has a lot of information and pictures of gemstones. |
| Mineralogy Database
Check out their Mineral Pictures. This site has a lot information - probably
too much for the amateur. |
| Take A Gemstone Safari
http://www.africagems.com/gemsafari.html This site sells gemstones from
Africa. It has good photos about colored gemstone mining in Africa and has
an article about processing gemstones. |
| GemSelect is an online
gemstone dealer based in Chanthaburi, Thailand, one of the world centers for
colored stones. This site has large and detailed photos of more than 7,000
gemstones, with information pages on more than 60 gemstone varieties. |
| Bob's
Fluorite Gallery http://www.peaktopeak.com/fluorite/index.php3
Photos of different fluorites, organized by country of origin.
Maintained by Bob
Lavinsky, La Jolla, California, USA. |
| Ken's
Fluorescent Minerals Superb photos. Photos of minerals taken when they are under fluorescent lights.
Maintained by Kenneth
Colosky, fluorescent mineral collector |
| 10xMinerals
http://www.10xminerals.com is
a web site run by rockhounds located in Nevada, USA selling minerals. The
photos of minerals for sale are large and very pretty. |
Minerals
of Ontario & Canada
Most museums have rocks & minerals on display. Some museums
have photographs of their their rock & mineral galleries up on the web.
Although we personally think you should go and visit every museum that you can,
looking at pictures on the web can get you dreaming!
| Royal Ontario Museum Toronto,
Ontario This museum has a fine collection of rocks & minerals. Currently
they are hard to see in person because of the renovations going on. |
| Stones 'N Bones Museum
Sarnia, Ontario This is a fantastic private museum with many
fluorescent minerals, fossils, mineral and gemstones in addition to other
natural display specimens. The staff are knowledgeable and the specimens are
world class. A great place to see minerals in Southern Ontario. |
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Smithsonian
Gem & Mineral Collection A world class mineral collection - well worth the
visit in person. Shows gems & mineral crystals from the mineral gallery at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C., USA
Maintained by the museum. |
| Pacific
Museum of the Earth Vancouver, BC |
| Mineral and Fossil
Museums, Exhibits & Displays in the USA Maintained by OsoSoft Mineral Connection, USA. |
| A.E.
Seaman Mineral Museum A super museum to visit.
Photos of copper & other minerals of the Lake Superior Copper District.
Maintained by the museum, Houghton, Michigan, USA |
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Mineral Collection, by
Country Click on the country you are interested in
& then click on a mineral. Not every listing has a photo.Maintained by Musee de Mineralogie, Ecole des mines de Paris, France |
| Creetown Gem
Rock Museum, Scottland Learn about gemstones, crystals,
rocks and minerals from this useful guide. |
Organizations involved with Rocks & Minerals
Other Great Web Sites
| Bob's
Rock Shop: Gallery of Special Images The best web site for beginning Rockhounds! Maintained by Bob Keller, Bob's Rock Shop, USA. |
| JuniorGeo - A
World of Inspiration - A British
Website for kids aged between 6 - 12 years. Well done
& interesting. Makes you want to travel to Britain, meet fellow
rockhounds & hunt for fossils. |
| Your Planet Earth - A British
site sponsored by The Geologists' Association and Shell with PowerPoint
presentation on topics studied in school. These "talks" include topics such
as volcanoes, dinosaurs, natural hazards, plate tectonics and climate
change. |
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