Useful links

This page contains links to several Amateur Mineralogy Sites, like private collections, rock-shops, which are worth visiting:

Micromineralogical Societies

• Australia:
  • Australian associations (New South Wales, Queensland, South Aust., Tasmania, Victoria)
• Belgium:
  • Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen v.z.w.
  • Association 4M
• Canada:
  • Rock & Mineral Associations
  • Canadian Micro Mineral Association
• Great Britain
  • British Micromount Society 
• Italy
  • Gruppo Mineralogico Lombardo 
  • Gruppo Mineralogico Parmense
  • Gruppo Orobico Minerali (Bergame)
  • A.M.I. (Italian Micromineralogical Association) 
• New Zealand:
  • M.N.Z. Micromineralogic Group
• Norway:
  • Norwegian Amateur Geological Society 
  • Mineral Club of Wellinton 
• Portugal
  • Grupo Português de Mineralogia 
• Spain:
  • AMYP
• Sweden:
  • Swedish Federation of Amateur Geologists
• The Netherlands:
  • Geode
• USA:
  • Kentucky Micromounters
  • Southeast Federation of Mineralogical Societies
  • Northern California Mineralogical Association (NCMA)

Mineral Occurrences

• Australia
  • Tasmania
• Belgium (type localities)
  • Blaton
  • Calcites from Belgium
  • Sclaigneaux (Slag minerals)
  • Minerals from coal mine dumps
  • Belgium minerals
  • Belgium mineral photos 
• Bosnia 
• Canada
  • Mt Saint Hilaire (Québec)
  • Bancroft (Ontario)
• Czech Republic
  • Bohemia 
  • Krupka 
  • Zlaté Hory 
• China
• France (Cf. french gitology page)
  • Alpes (Oisans) mineralogy
  • Aveyron
  • Cap Garonne (Var)
  • Creuzeval (Rhône) 
  • Dôme du Barrot (Mines de Roua) (Alpes Maritimes)
  • Lachaux (Allier)
  • Lapanouze (Aveyron) 
  • Le Crozet (Loire)
  • Mont Semiol (Loire) 
  • Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (Ht Rhin)
  • Salsigne (Aude)
  • Steinbach (Ht-Rhin)
• Germany
  • Clara Mine - Richard Baverl site
  • Clara Mine (in deutch)
  • Mine de Clara - in deutch (with photos of the mine) 
  • Mine de Clara - Jan Krieger site (in deutch) 
  • Mine de Clara (museum mine) 
  • Kaisersthul (faujasite photos)
  • German Zeolites 
  • Eifel : Wannenköpfe quarry 
  • Eifel - Laachersee
  • Eifel - Hagendorf
  • Wölsendorf
• Great Britain
  • Cornwall
  • Cornwall (St Just)
  • Cornwall (Liroconite)
  • Cumberland (Fluorite)
  • Devon and Cornwall
  • Scotland
  • South-West England
• Greece
  • Laurion
• Italy
  • Italia (MEB)
  • Italia (general)
  • Italian Mineralogy (Sondrio)
  • The island of Elba
  • Grosseto + Malanaggio (To)
  • Parm Province
  • Sardinia (North)
  • Sardinia (South)
  • Vesuvio, Sicily, Toscana
  • Tuscany (Slags)
  • Traversella Mine, Piedmont
• Japan
• Namibia
  • Aris, Namibia
• New Caledonia
• Norway
  • Langesundfjord Pegmatite
• Republic of Congo
  • Katanga Province
• Russia
  • Massif de Kovdor
• Slovakia1
• Slovakia2
• Scandinavia (Finland, Norway, Sweden)
• Spain
  • Minerals sort by occurrences
  • Occurrences with maps
  • Occurences and minerals
  • Occurences sort by county
• Sweden
• Switzerland
  • Lengenbach (Binntal)
  • Lengenbach (Binntal)
  • Mt Chemin (Valais)
  • Binntal
  • Binn valley
• USA
  • Arkansas
  • Berry Gem Min (Maine)
  • Oxford County (Maine)
  • Michigan - Keweenaw
  • Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey
  • Eden (Vermont)
  • Washington
  • Wisconsin
• Meteoritic Mineralogy

Pages for the Mineral Collectors

• Bob's Rock Shop (the best mineralogical site)
• Frank de Wit's web site (with many localities)
• Spathfluor.com (gitology and mineralogy of fluorite)
• Minerapole (Saintes-Marie aux Mines)
• Géopolis - French organization for the defense of Earth Sciences
• Ken Colosky's Fluorescent Mineral Collection
• Mineral photos on CD-rom
• International Micromineral and Thumbnail Exchange
• Inet-Minéral.com
• Saint-Nicolas Mine in Steinbach (68) - France
• Specialized copper site (in german)

Pages of Collectors

• Jean Morel à l'Huissier
• Bart De Weerde

Mineralogical Journals (with abstracts)

• American Mineralogist
• Bocamina
• Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
• Economic Geology
• European Journal of Mineralogy
• Lanny Ream publications
• Lapis (abstracts)
• Le Cristallier Suisse
• Le Cahier des Micromonteurs
• Le Règne Minéral
• Microbits
• Mineral-Up (in english) = Revista de Minerales (en spanish)
• Mineralien Welt
• Mineralium Deposita
• Mineralogical Magazine
• Mineralogical Record
• Mineralogy and Petrology
• Minéraux et Fossiles
• Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogy
• Prie: Newsletter on the Ligure mineralogy (Italia)
• Review in mineralogy
• Rivista Mineralogica Italiana
• Rocks & Minerals
• Stein (Norvegian magazine)
• Terra Nova
• The Canadian Mineralogist
• The Canadian Rockhound
• UK Journal of Mines & Minerals

Mineralogy and Databases

• Some others links are on the "debutant-uk.html" page
• Official list of minerals approved by IMA
• Cristallographic and animated lesson
• Cristallographic lesson for amateurs
• Cristallographic and chemical Data Base
• Cristallographic courses with java applets
• French Mineral Occurrences (InfoTerre)
• Mineral Data Base
• Mineral Data Base with physical data
• Mineral Data Base from Dana
• Mineral Data Base by location: MinMax
• Mineral Data Base with Raman + photos (Australia)
• Photos Data Base (BRGM)
• Sample catalog from the museum of the Ecole des Mines de Paris (by country, by name, by quality)
• Systematic classification (from Strunz) at Athena (Geneva)
• US Mineral Localities
• US Mineralogical litterature
• Mineral species data base by chemical elements
• Crystallography and Minerals Arranged by Crystal Form with FACES software
• Wulfenite Data Base
• Photo/Biblio Data Base
• Photo data base (Athena)
• Localities/Photo/Biblio Data Base
• Database of Raman spectra of minerals (Italia)
• Database of Raman spectra of minerals (Queensland)
• The Goldschmidt drawings on the net
• Links for the mineralogists
• Stereo 3D anaglyphs and Photoshop methods
• Mineralogical data base MINER (Jacques Lapaire)
• ImageShare - software for mineral photos from Ulrich Wagner
• Crystallographic and crystallochemical database
• Radioactive database
• Queensland University database (Minerals - Photos - Raman -
  Inclusions - Twinnings..)

Shopping for Minerals

• Very nice Opale web site
• Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
• Dakota Matrix Minerals: (micro minerals)
• Daniel Gol: Cleaning minerals
• Fabre minerals (mineral links)
• Gianni Porcellini (micro minerals)
• Gems and Minerals (+ some good mine sites)
• GeoGlob Market: shopping in mineralogy
• Mikon Mineralien-Kontor GmbH (minerals + chemistry + supply)
• Sauktown Sales (micro minerals and supplies)
• Simkev micromounts (micro minerals and supplies)
• Schrander - Hettinga Albert & Marianne (afm member): micro minerals 
• The Vug (mineralogical portal)
• Treasures of the Earth (both Fossils, Mineral links)

Clubs and Fédérations 

• Fédération Française d'Orpaillage: Site de la Fédération Française d'Orpaillage 
• Micromounters of New England (Nord-Est des Etats-Unis)
  president: Mike Swanson
• Canadian Micro-mineral Association (Canada)
  president: Bill Lechner
• Georgia Mineral Society - Micromount Section (Georgie / Etats-Unis)
  contact: Dave Babulski
• Northern California Mineralogical Association (Californie / Etats-Unis)
  treasurer: John Clinkenbeard
• Southern California Micromineralogists (Californie / Etats-Unis)
  contact: Jennifer Rohl

Miscellaneous Sites

• Guy Hammer's Home Page
• Treasure Net (for Gold Panners and Treasure Hunters)
• 
• GeoScience Books
• Degree in Gemmology
• Scientific directory: Directoryscience.com

For more information send me a message:Robert PECORINI