GENERAL GEOLOGY / ALLMÄN GEOLOGI:

• A global view of the planet Earth. En global bild av planeten jorden.
• A virtual field trip to an interesting earth science sites. Geologiska exkursiontur. Mycket bra.
• Big Bend National Park Virtual Field Trip - a guide to the geological history and features of the Big Bend National Park area.
• Earth's interior. Jordens anatomi.
• Earth's interior. En annan sida.
• Fastfjellsgeologisk fortelling fra Dovrefjell og Trollheimen. General geology of Dovrefjell and Trollheimen in Norway. In Norwegian.
• General geology and geological ages. Geologins historia och geologiska tidsåldrar.
• Geologic/Geophysical data for the Middle East, N. Africa and Eurasia - Diversified datasets for the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia.
• Geological History of Rib Mountain, Wisconsin
• Geological Maps on the Web - site for publication of Utah digital geological maps and their associated database files.
• Geologic Map of Arizona.
• Geologic Maps of the U.S. States.
• Geologic Map of New Zealand.
• Indiana Geology Today - introduction to Indiana geology including a collection of geologic information for geologists and non-geologists.
• Indonesian Geology.
• Minerals from Elba, Italy.
• The USGS offers an Internet email service - Ask - A - Geologist. Ställ en fråga till en geolog om allt inom geologi.
• The geologic time chart. En överskådlig presentation av den geologiska tidskalan.
• The geologic time chart. En överskådlig presentation av den geologiska tidskalan
• The Llano granite uplift, Texas, USA. Granit dom i Texas, USA.
• Stone Mountain Granite, Georgia, USA. Stoune Mountain granit i Georgia, USA.
• Virginia Geology - a guide to the geologic history of Virginia's physiographic provinces for both professionals and students.

GEMSTONES / ÄDELSTENAR:

The link collection has now moved to Gemlinks page

• Colored Gemstone Association presents all aspects on gemstones with pictures. Colored Gemstone Association har här en databas på alla aspekter av ädelstenar med bilder.
• Very good collection of gemstones pictures. Ypperliga bilder på ädelstenar med fysikaliska data mm.
• Data base of current information on trends in the gems stone market with prices. Databas om aktuell information om ädelstensmarknaden, trender, priser etc.
• Information on gemstones. Information om ädelstenar.
• Commercial mineral names. Kommersiella mineral namn.
• The Internet Diamond Exchange TM.
• Course of instructions on identification of gemstones. Kurs i ädelstensidentifiering.
• Chemical formulae for minerals and gems. Kemiska formler för mineral och ädelstenar.
• Dictionary on gemstones.Uppslagsverk över ädelstenar.
• Dictionary on gemstones. Översättning av namn på ädelstenar till många språk.
• Diamonds
• Delta Bravo.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS / GEOLOGISKA UNDERSÖKNINGAR

• A complete list can be found at the Institut für Geowissenschaften Mains. Germany.
• Australian Geological Survey Organisation
• British Geological Survey
• Czech Geological Survey
• Geological Survey of Austria
• Geological Survey of Brazil
• Geological Survey of Canada
• Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
• Geological Survey of Finland
• Geological Survey of France
• Geological Survey of Ireland
• Geological Survey of Norway
• Geological Survey of Slovak Republic
• Geological Survey of South Africa
• Geological Survey of Sweden
• Hungarian Geological Survey
• Illinois State Geological Survey Home Page
• Indiana Geological Survey  
• Iowa Geological Survey
• National Land Survey of Iceland
• The Federal Institute of Geoscience an National Resources
• The Netherlands Institute of Geoscience
• United States Geological Survey

GOLD / GULD:

The link collection has now moved to the Gold link page.

HOME PAGES of MINERAL COLLECTORS / HEMSIDOR: (links checked November 2011)

• Alessandro Genazzani. (Italy).
• Andrzej Górski (Poland. Collector inclusions in Baltic amber)
• Axelsson Göran. A Swedish home page, still under construction. En svensk hemsida som uppdateras regelbundet och med mycket bra bilder på mineral från olika samlarturer.
• Bart de Weerd.
• Bersani Danilo. (Italy).
• Bob's Rock Shop is the Centre of the Universe for all interested in minerals. Bobs Rock Shop är mineralsamlarnas Mecka. OBS ej kommersiellt. Här finns allt.
• Campbell George. (OsoSoft Minerals).
• Colosky Ken. (Fluorescent Mineral Collection).
• Christian Hausen. Österreichische Mineralien, Kristalle und Edelsteine.
• Darcy and Mike Howard. (Rockhounding Arkansas)
• Friedman Hershel. (The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom).
• Holmberg Dennis. A new homepage with very good photos of Minerals from the Arctic area of Sweden.
• Kato's Mineral Fossil Collection.
• Lennart Widmark. LW's Geo Site. The first Swedish home page. Lennart Widmarks hemsida. Den första i Sverige.
• Lewis Kozlosky. (Lewie's Fluorescent Mineral Page.)
• Miguel Calvo. (Minerales de España)
• Pierre Perroud. (Athena).
• Porcellini Gianni. (Micromounts)
• Steve's Home Page
• Steve and Clara Smale . (Mineral collection).
• Tozour Family's Fluorescent Rocks

OTHER LINK COLLECTIONS / ANDRA LÄNKBASER:

• link station for Geological Surveys around the world. En länkstation enbart för Geologiska Undersökningar i olika länder.
• A very good link station on education. Key word is Geology and go to Geography. En stor länkstation för undervisning. Sökordet är geology och sedan under geography.
• Athena Mineralogy av Pierre Perroud. Länksidan till museer, mineralogi med mera.
• Bob's Rock Shop link list. Bob's Rock Shop länk lista
• Bob's Rock Shop link list page1 . Bobs länklista nr 1.
• Bob's Rock Shop link list page2. Bobs länk lista nr 2.
• Bob's Rock Shop link list page3. Bobs länk lista nr 3.
• Earth Science Resources, Canada. En stor samling länkar i flera ämnesområden.
• Geologylink - daily geo-news updates, discussion forums, an expansive directory of links, virtual field trips, geology classes, and a glossary.
• Links for Palaeobotanists. En stor samling av länkar.
• Mineralogy by Dave Waters of the Department of Earth Sciences of Oxford University (Great Britain).
• Mineralogy and Crystallography.

MAGAZINES & BOOKS / BÖCKER - TIDSKRIFTER:

The link collection of books has now moved.

The link collection of magazines has now moved.

The link collection for search has now moved.

• A selected Jewellery/Metals Bibliography. En referenslista på bra böcker om smyckestillverkning.
• Books on minerals available from NHBS bookstore, England, can be found here. Mineralböcker i NHBS bokaffär i London, England, kan man hitta här.
• Christian Weise Verlag GmbH. Publisher of the mineral magazine Lapis and books on minerals.
• ECOCART. Environmental databases - scientific books, thesis and CD-ROM
• Economic Geology & Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists.
• European Journal of Mineralogy.
• Fakta om Vulkalener och Jordbävningar. Book in Swedish.
• Newsletter - Clear Lake Gem & Mineral Society Inc., Houston, Texas, USA. Medlemstidning för Clear Lake Gem & Mineral Society, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA.
• Biblion. Central London's largest antiquarian bookshop.
• The Online Books Page.

METEORITES / METEORITER

• A very good website in Germany.
• A map of Swedish meteorites.
• Meteor Craters - Explore 50 Asteroid Impact Sites.

MINERAL COLLECTING / MINERAL LOKALER

• Collecting Colorado Rocks and Minerals.
• Mineral Collecting in Sites in Canada and USA.
• Rockhounding Arkansas
• Alkali-Nuts contains information on the minerals and environment surrounding Mont Saint-Hilaire (MSH), Quebec. Located in Rouville County, Canada. MSH has become a classic collecting site. 
• Minerals from the Spessart. Gemany
• The Minerals of Gaulsberg at Ortenberg, Germany.
• Minnesota: Soudan Underground Mine State Park .

MINERAL DEALERS / MINERAL FÖRSÄLJARE

The link collection has now moved to Minerals.

• John Betts. Minerlas, books and much moore.
• The Geode Gallery. Keokuk geodes.
• Findstone.
• Dakota Matrix Minerals. We specialize in minerals from Sout Dakota and Nevada.
• Cool Rocks & Minerals. Suppliers of magnificent specimens to Australia & the World.

MINERAL IDENTIFICATION / MINERAL IDENTIFIERING:

See also the Data Base link list

And Education list.

• Test of hardness. Hårdhetstest.
• Mineral database. Databas för mineralidentifiering.
• Identifying minerals by name. Identifiering baserat på mineralnamnet.
• The specific gravity of minerals. Vad menar med man med mineralets specifika vikt.
• The physical characteristics of minerals. Vad menar man med mineralets fysikaliska egenskaper.
• Ken's Fluorescent Minerals with good photos. Många mineral uppvisar en spektakulär fluorescens i kortvågig- och lånvågig ultraviolett ljus.
• Mineral Structure Data. Mineral strukturdata.
• Minerals between the Big-bang and stars by Yves Isabelle (in French) contains Characteristics: Cleavage, Colors, Density, Luster, Elemental Formulae, Chemical Properties, Synonyms, System, Transparency, and Uses.
• Mineral properties. One of the best.

MINERAL & LAPIDARY SOCIETIES / FÖRENINGAR:

The link collection has now moved to Societies.

MINERAL OCCURENCES / MINERALFÖREKOMSTER

• Alkali-Nuts: Mont Saint Hilaire Site. En fantastisk fin sida om mineral från Mont Saint-Hilaire, Kanada.
• Bancroft (Ontario, Rock collecting in Kanada.
• Bingham Utah, USA.
• Franklin The minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, NJ, USA.
• Lengenbach VFL Lengenbach, at NHMB, CH.
• Minerals of Iowa.
• Minéraux Nouveau-Brunswick.
• Minerals of Scotland  features several articles about the minerals found in Scotland; a few landscape photos, and many, excellent mineral photos.
• Spanish Mineralogy.
• The saltmines in Wieliczka, Poland.

MINERALOGY / LÄRAN OM MINERAL

• Athena Mineralogy. with Athena mineral databases. Ett av de bästa hemsidorna vad gäller mineral, databas samt länkar.
• European Mineralogical Union (EMU)
• International Mineralogical Association (IMA). IMA godkänner nya mineral och mineralnamn. Hemsidan är under uppbyggnad.
• Mineralogy. En stor länksamling i allt vad ämnet omfattar.
• Mineralogy and Petrology Research on the Web. Här finns en mängd länkar till ca 25 facktidskrifter i ämnet, mm.
• TheImage is dedicated to high quality video imaging and scanning, with an emphasis on minerals, gemstones, microscopy, and tutorials.  Their site contains many images of minerals and gemstones along with pertinent data. 

MINING COMPANIES / GRUVBOLAG

• British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mine.
• Mining Association of Canada.
• Minex (SA) Africa.
• Invest in Sweden Agency. Go to the subchapter "Target Sectors/Mineral Exploration"

MUSEUMS / MUSEER: Though there are several Museums on the WWW, very few have other information then opening hours, current exhibitions, research and staff. My selection is based on Museums that have a tour around the show-rooms with pictures and information on what you see and hopefully something of educational value.

• A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum. A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum.
• Associazione Pisana Scienze Naturali e dell'Uomo "Luigi Baldi" *
• Bern Natural History Museum, Switzerland.
• Bologna Museum of Mineralogy, Bologna, Italy.
• Calci Museum of Mineralogy, Pisa, Italy.
• Carnegie Science Center.
• The mineral collection in Clausthal.
• Emporia State University Geology Museum
• Firenze Museum of Natural History and Mineralogy, Italy.  Mineralogical Section, Italy. A very good collection of mineral photos.
• Firenze Museum of Natural History and Mineralogy, Italy.
• Fryxell Geology Museum.
• Houston Mesuem of Natural Sciences, Texas, USA.
• Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, England
• Italy, Geological Museums.
• London Natural History Museum, England
• Masaryk University.
• Miller Museum of Geology - Queen's University (Canada) - earth-science teaching museum for local schools and natural-science interest groups in eastern Ontario.
• Mineral Museum Web Sites by IMA.
• Mineralogisk-geologisk Museum, Universitetet i Oslo. Norway. In Norwegian.
• Mineralogy and Petrology Section of the Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Victoria museet i Melbourne, Australien.
• Museum of Mineralogy, Ecole des mines de Paris, France, with mineral search engine. Har en bra sökmaskin och databas.
• Museum of Natural History-London.
• Museum of Natural History, Tohoku University.
• Museum of Victoria, Australia.
• Napoli Museum of Mineralogy, Napoli, Italy
• Natural History Museum Berne Switzerland (NMBE).
• Natural Hystory Museum, Los Angeles, Ca., USA
• Redpath Museum, Canada.
• Rio Marina Museum, Isola elba, Italy
• Roma Museum of Mineralogy, Roma, Italy
• Royal British Columbia Museum, Canada.
• Smithsonian Gem Mineral Collection. You must see it!
• Teylers Museum, The Netherlands.
• The Franklin Institute Science Museum. Very little on geology.
• The Paleontology museum in Oslo, Norway, with photos. Paleontologimuseet i Oslo, Norge, med bilder.
• World Museum Of Natural History

MINERAL TOURS / MINERAL RESOR

• Charlys Desert Tours, Nabia.
• Gemstone Safari in Tanzania.
• Gold mining and prospecting expeditions.
• Grand Canyon Explorer.
• Greenland Mineral Tours.
• Greenmantle Farm, Canada.
• Maine Mineral Adventures.
• Maroccan fossil and Mineralogical trips, geological travels to Marocco.
• Mineral Tours. Namibia.
• Mineral Tours. China.
• Rockhound Colored Brazilian Gemstone Tour.
• Rockhound Brasilian Mineral Tour.
• Spanish Minerals Luxury Tours.
• "Uralterra" and "The Ural Emerald Mines". Geological-mineralogical tours around the Urals, Russia.
• Virtual Field Trip Guides : United States and Canada.

PHOTO COLLECTIONS / BILDARKIV:

• The well-known picture collection of gemstones at Smithsonian National Museum, Washington. Den klassiska bildsamlingen från Smithsonian National Museum, Washington, USA.
• Agates With Inclusions. Bra bilder för agatsamlare.
• A good collection mineral pictures from the Clausthaler mineral collection, Germany. 49 mineralbilder från Clausthaler mineralsamling, Tyskland.
• The Thomas Edison Rock Collection, bilder.
• Mineral Photo Gallery. Mineral fotogalleri.
• Minerals Under the Microscope.
• A large collection of high quality mineral pictures. En stor samling högkvalitativa mineralbilder både vanliga och tredimensionella (3D).
• A nice home page with some good mineral pictures. En liten trevlig hemsida med mineralbilder.
• Petrified Wood. Många bra bilder på fossilt trä.
• Rocks from Martin Friedlander's Micromount Collection. Mineral från Martin Friedlander's Micromount samling.
• Rocks from David Michaels' Collection. Mineral från David Michaels' samling.
• Rocks from Bob's Collection. Mineral från Bob's samling.
• Rocks from Stuart Wilensky's Collection. Mineral från Stuart Wilensky's samling.
• Rocks from George Campbell's Collection. Mineral från George Campbell's samlingar.
• Rocks from Ron Zeilstra's Collection. Mineral från Ron Zeilstra's samling.
• Tozour Family's Fluorescent Rocks. Ett stort bildarkiv.
• Foto Search Image Library. A massive collection of volcanoes and of lava in action.

PAPERS and REPORTS / ARTIKLAR OCH RAPPORTER:

• A Field Guide to Mineral Collectors.
• Basic Optics Notes for Gemology. Ädelstenarnas optiska egenskaper.
• Carats and Karats. Karat och karat.
• Cubic Garnets found in Maryland and Virginia streams. J. Nelson .
• Definitions Concerning Physical Properties of Gemstones. Ädelstenarnas fysikaliska egenskaper.
• Diamond exploration in Finland. Rapport om diamantförekomsterna i Finland.
• Display Lighting of Minerals.  John Betts.
• Feldspar Anita D. Westlake.
• Gemology and Lapidary home pages. En samling artiklar om ädelstena roch smyckestillverkning.
• Mineral Cleaning.  John Betts.
• Minerals, Crystals and Their Systems. Mineraler och kristallformer.
• Morro Redondo Tourmaline. Brasiliens största turmalinförekomst i Morro Redondo .
• Mount Bischoff - Mountain of Tin - Tasmania. S. Sorrell.
• Notes on Gemstone Fluorescence. Fluorescensfenomen hos ädelstenar.
• Notes On Specific Gravity. Specifika vikten.
• "Rounding Up" Spheres in Madagascar.  Jackie Lapin .
• Some Notes on Optical Effects in Gemstones. Några anteckningar om ädelstenars optiska fenomen
• There Is More Than One Way to Choose A Birthstone. Det finns flera än ett sätt att välja månadsstenar.

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS / AVHANDLINGAR:

• Olympic-Wallowa lineament, Hite Fault system,and Columbia River Basalt - Text and figures of a Masters' thesis entitled: The Olympic-Wallowa Lineament, Hite Fault System, and Columbia River Basalt Group Stratigraphy in northeast Umatilla County, Oregon.