Related Websites

Julie the Rockhound Links:

Teaching activities, lesson plans, and games

Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute

Geological Society of America – lesson plans     

Kentucky Geological Survey Educational Resources

Kids’ Habitat: Mine Games

Mineral Information Institute – lesson plans and activities

Smithsonian Dynamic Earth

Smithsonian Education: Minerals, Crystals, & Gems lesson plans

US Geological Survey: The Life Cycle of a Mineral Deposit – activities

Testing the Strength of Common Minerals (ME Geological Survey)

General Information

Bob's Rock Shop/Rock and Gem Magazine Online

Rockhounding Arkansas

US Geological Survey: collecting

Rocks for Kids

Mineral Information Institute – Common Minerals and their uses

State Minerals

Mine Health & Safety Administration – What minerals are mined in each state?

Quartz

Mineral Galleries (photos and information)

Mineral Galleries (minerals by name)

Growing Crystals

Museum of Unnatural Mystery

Rockhounding Arkansas

Creative Science Tutorial for Children at Home

Yes Mag: The Magazine for Adventurous Minds

General Information and mineral sources

Mineralogy Database

The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom

Mineralogy Database

theImage Hundreds of images of minerals and gems with property data

YupRocks.com Rock and Mineral Pictures

Museums with mineral exhibits

Alaska

Juneau-Douglas City Museum (Juneau, AK)

Arizona

University of Arizona Mineral Museum, Tucson, AZ.

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Tucson, AZ 86743

California

San Diego Natural History Museum San Diego, CA

Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society Museum Fallbrook, CA

San Bernardino County Museum Redlands, CA

The Museum of Paleontology (University of California, Berkeley)

Natural History Museum of L. A. County Los Angeles, CA

California Academy of Science San Francisco, CA

Santa Cruz City Museum of Natural History Santa Cruz, CA

Gaumer's Mineral & Mining Museum Red Bluff, CA

Colorado

Denver Museum of Natural History

Western Museum of Mining & Industry Colorado Springs, CO

Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO

Connecticut

Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University (New Haven, CT)

Bruce Museum Greenwich, CT

Delaware

University of Delaware Mineralogical Museum Newark, DE

District of Columbia

Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History Washington, DC

Florida

Gillespie Museum of Minerals Deland, FL

Florida Museum of Natural History Gainsville, FL

Georgia

University of GA Museum of Natural History Athens, GA

William Weinman Mineral Museum (Cartersville, GA)

Hawaii

Lyman Museum Hilo, HI

Idaho

Kellogg's Staff House Mining & Smelting Museum Kellogg, ID

Idaho Museum of Natural History Pocatello, Idaho

Illinois

Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL

Lizzadro Museum Elmhurst, IL

Fryxell Geology Museum Rock Island, IL

Illinois State Museum Springfield, IL

Southern Illinois University

Indiana

Falls of the Ohio State Park Clarksville, Indiana

Iowa

University of Iowa Museum of Natural History Iowa City, IA

Kansas

Keystone Gallery Scott City, KS

Emporia State University Geology Museum Emporia, KS

Fick Fossil and History Museum Oakley, Kansas

Kentucky

The Clement Mineral Museum Marion, KY

Massachusetts

Springfield Science Museum Springfield, MA

Michigan

A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum (Houghton, MI)            

Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota St Paul, MN

Missouri

Missouri Mines State Historical Site Park Hills, MO

Tri-State Mineral Museum Joplin, MO

Montana

Montana Tech Mineral Museum  

Nebraska

University of Nebraska State Museum Lincoln, NE

New Jersey

Morris Museum Morristown, NJ

Rutgers University Geology Museum  

Paterson Museum Paterson, NJ

Franklin Mineral Museum Franklin, NJ

Sterling Hill Mine & Museum Ogdensburg, NJ

New Mexico

New Mexico Museum of Natural History Albuquerque, NM.

New Mexico Bureau of Mines Mineral Museum Socorro, NM

Geology & Meteorite Museums University of New Mexico

New York

Hicksville Gregory Museum Hicksville, NY

American Museum of Natural History New York, NY.

North Carolina

Mineral & Lapidary Museum of Hendersonville Hendersonville, NC

Colburn Gem & Mineral Museum Asheville, NC

Natural Science Center of Greensboro Greensboro, NC

North Dakota

Dakota Dinosaur Museum Dickinson, ND

Ohio

Orton Geological Museum Columbus, OH

Cleveland Museum of Natural History (Cleveland, OH)

Oklahoma

Timberlake Rose Rock Museum, Noble, OK

Oklahoma Museum of Natural History University of OK, Norman,

Oregon

Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals Hillsboro, OR

Crater Rock Museum Central Point, OR

Pennsylvania

Delaware County Institute of Science Media, PA

Bryn Mawr College, Vaux Mineral Collection Bryn Mawr College

Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia, PA

Wagner Free Institute of Science Philadelphia, PA

North Museum of Natural History Lancaster, PA

Carnegie Museum of Natural History Pittsburgh, PA

Penn State Earth & Mineral Sciences Museum  

Rhode Island

Museum of Natural History Providence, RI

South Carolina

Bob Campbell Geology Museum Clemson, SC

McKissick Museum University of South Carolina

South Dakota

Black Hills Institute of Geological Research Hill City, SD. 

Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology  

Journey Museum Rapid City, SD

Tennessee

McClung Museum University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Texas

Houston Museum of Natural Science Houston, TX

Utah

College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum Price, Utah

Vermont

Fairbanks Museum Johnsbury, VT

Virginia

Virginia Museum of Natural History University of Virginia

Virginia Tech Geological Sciences Museum Blacksburg, VA

James Madison University Mineral Museum James Madison University,

Washington

Burke Museum of Natural History, University of Washington  

Wisconsin

Milwaukee Public Museum Milwaukee, WI. Daily 9-5.

Geology Museum, University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin.

Wyoming

University of Wyoming Geological Museum  

Rock collecting clubs and associations

American Federation of Mineralogical Societies

Alabama

Alabama Mineral & Lapidary Society (Birmingham)

Huntsville Gem & Mineral Society

Mobile Rock & Gem Society

Montgomery Gem & Mineral Society

Alaska

Chugach Gem & Mineral Society (Anchorage)

Arizona

Flagstaff Gem & Mineral Society

Mineralogical Society of Arizona (Phoenix)

Mingus Gem & Mineral Club (Cottonwood)

Oak Creek Gem & Mineral Society (Sedona)

Old Pueblo Lapidary Club (Tucson)

Prescott Gem & Mineral Club (Prescott Valley)

Sedona Gem & Mineral Club

Sunsites Gem and Mineral Club (Pearce)

Tucson Gem and Mineral Society

Arkansas

Ozark Earth Science Club (Mountain Home)

California

American Opal Society (Anaheim)

Antelope Valley Gem and Mineral Club (Lancaster)

Borrego Rock and Gem Club (Borrego Springs)

Calaveras Gem & Mineral Society (Angles Camp)

Carmel Valley Gem and Mineral Society (Carmel)

Central Coast Treasure Hunters Association (San Luis Obispo)

Conejo Gem & Mineral Club (Thousand Oaks)

Contra Costa Mineral & Gem Society (Walnut Creek)

Convair Rockhound Association (San Diego) 

The Culver City Rock and Mineral Club

Del Air Rockhounds Club (Reseda)

El Dorado County Mineral and Gem Society (Placerville) (Youth)

Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society, Inc.

Fossils for Fun Society, Inc. (North Highlands)

Indian Wells Valley Gem & Mineral Society (Ridgecrest) (Youth Club)

Kern County Mineral Society (Bakersfield) (Youth Club)

Mineral & Gem Society of Castro Valley (Hayward)

Mineralogical Society of Southern California (Pasadena)

Monrovia Rock Hounds Inc.

Mother Load Mineral Society (Modesto)

North Orange County Gem & Mineral Society (La Habra)

Orcutt Mineral Society (Santa Maria)

Oxnard Gem & Mineral Society

Palmdale Gem & Mineral Club

Palomar Gem & Mineral Club (Escondido)

Paradise Gem & Mineral Club

Pasadena Lapidary Society

Porterville Area Gem and Mineral Society

Puente Hills Gem & Mineral Club (Hacienda Heights)

Roseville Rock Rollers

Sacramento Mineral Society

San Diego Gem and Mineral Society

San Francisco Gem and Mineral Society, Inc.

Santa Clara Valley Gem & Mineral Society

Santa Cruz Mineral and Gem Society

Searchers Gem and Mineral Society (Anaheim) (Youth Club)

Searles Lake Gem and Mineral Society, Inc. (Trona)

Sequoia Gem and Mineral Society (Redwood City)

The Sierra Pelona Rock Club (Newhall)

South Bay Lapidary & Mineral Society (Torrance)

Southern California Micro-Mineralogists (Riverside)

The Sportmans Club of Joshua Tree, Inc.

Stockton Lapidary & Mineral Club

Tule Gem and Mineral Society (Farmersville)

Valley Prospectors Of San Bernardino

Ventura Gem & Mineral Society, Inc (Youth Club)

V.I.P. Gem & Mineral Society (San Fernando Valley)

Woodland Hills Rock Chippers, Inc. (San Fernando Valley)

Yucaipa Valley Gem & Mineral Society

Colorado

Colorado Federation of Gem & Mineral Societies

Colorado Mineral Society (Lakewood)

Colorado Springs Mineral Society

Denver Gem and Mineral Guild

Flatirons Mineral Club (Boulder)

Fort Collins Rockhounds

Four Corners Gem & Mineral Club (Durango)

Littleton Gem and Mineral Club, Inc.

North Jeffco Gem & Mineral Club (Arvada)

Connecticut

Connecticut Valley Mineral Club (Enfield)

Danbury Mineralogical Society

Lapidary and Mineral Society of Central Connecticut (Meriden)

New Haven Mineral Club

Stamford Mineralogical Society

Delaware

Delaware Mineralogical Society, Inc.

District of Columbia

The Gem, Lapidary & Mineral Society of Washington, D.C., Inc.

Florida

Canaveral Mineral & Gem Society (Melbourne)

Deland Gem & Mineral Society

Florida Gold Coast Gem & Mineral Society (Ft. Lauderdale)

Gainesville Gem & Mineral Society

Gem & Mineral Club of DeLand Florida

Gem and Mineral Society of the Palm Beaches (West Palm Beach)

Jacksonville Gem and Mineral Society, Inc. (Youth Club)

Miami Mineralogical and Lapidary Guild, Inc.

Palm Beach Bead Society (Delray Beach)

Suncoast Gem and Mineral Society (St Petersburg)

Tampa Bay Fossil Club (Palm Harbor)

Tampa Bay Mineral & Science Club, Inc. (Tampa)

Tomoka Gem and Mineral Society, Inc. (Daytona Beach)

Georgia

Athens Rock and Gem Club

Augusta Gem & Mineral Society

Carroll County Gem & Mineral Society (Carrollton)

Cobb County Gem and Mineral Society (Marietta)

Cotton Indian Gem & Mineral Society, Inc (Stockbridge)

Georgia Mineral Society, Inc. (Atlanta)

Rome Georgia Mineral Society Inc.

Idaho

Idaho Gem Club, Inc. (Boise)

Illinois

Chicago Rocks & Minerals Society

Lincoln Orbit Earth Science Society (Springfield)

Peoria Academy of Science Geology Section

Siloam Springs Earth Sciences Club (Mt. Sterling)

West Suburban Lapidary Club (Elmhurst)

Indiana

Evansville Lapidary Society

Three Rivers Gem & Mineral Society (Fort Wayne) (Youth Club)

Iowa

Cedar Valley Rocks and Minerals Society (Cedar Rapids)

The Sac & Fox Lapidary Club (Fairfield)

Kansas

Topeka Gem & Mineral Society

Wichita Gem and Mineral Society

Kentucky

KYANA  Geological Society (Louisville)

Rockhounds of Central Kentucky (Lexington)

Louisiana

Ark-La-Tex Gem & Mineral Society (Shreveport)

Maine

The Maine Mineralogical & Geological Society (Portland)

Maryland

Gem Cutters Guild of Baltimore, Inc.

Maryland Geological Society (Bowie)

Southern Maryland Rock and Mineral Club (Clinton)

Massachusetts

Boston Mineral Club, Inc.

Worcester Mineral Club

Michigan

Bay de Noc Gem & Mineral Club (Escanaba)

Central Michigan Lapidary and Mineral Society (Lansing)

Copper Country Rock and Mineral Club (Houghton)

Flint Rock and Gem Club (Flint)

Michigan Mineralogical Society (Midland)

Mt. Clemens-Macomb County Gem & Lapidary Society

Minnesota

Minnesota Mineral Club (Falcon Heights)

Mississippi

Mississippi Gem & Mineral Society (Jackson)

Missouri

Greater St. Louis Association of Earth Science Clubs, Inc.

Independence Gem & Mineral Society

Mineral Area Gem & Mineral Society (Park Hills)

Mozarkite Society of Lincoln, Inc.

Rock Hobby Club of Greater Saint Louis

Rockwood Gem & Mineral Society (St Louis)

St. Louis Minerals & Gem Society

Show Me Gems & Minerals Club, Inc. (St. Peters)

Nebraska

Nevada

Comstock Gold Prospectors (Reno)

Reno Gem and Mineral Society
New Hampshire

Capital Mineral Club (Concord)

Nashua Mineral Society

New Jersey

Cape-Atlantic Rockhounds, Inc. (Egg Harbor)

Delaware Valley Earth Science Society (Woodbury)

New Mexico

Albuquerque Gem & Mineral Club

Chaparral Rockhounds Gem And Mineral Club (Roswell)

Los Alamos Geological Society

New York

Buffalo Geological Society, Inc.

Island Rock Hounds Gem & Mineral Club (North Bellmore)

Gem and Mineral Society of Syracuse, Inc.

Mid-Hudson Valley Gem and Mineral Society Inc. (Poughkeepsie)

New York Mineralogical Club

New York Paleontological Society

Rochester Lapiday Society

St. Lawrence County Rock & Mineral Club (Canton)

Suffolk Gem & Mineral Club (Bohemia)

North Carolina

Charlotte Gem & Mineral Club (Youth Club)

The Franklin Gem & Mineral Society

North Carolina Fossil Club (Raleigh)

Southern Appalachian Mineral Society (Asheville)

Tar Heel Gem & Mineral Club (Raleigh)

North Dakota

Ohio

Brukner Gem and Mineral Club (Troy)

Cincinnati Mineral Society

Dayton Gem & Mineral Society

Greater Cincinati Lapidary and Faceting Society

Miami Valley Mineral and Gem Club (Fairborn)

North Coast Fossil Club (Cleveland)

Toledo Gem & Rockhound Club

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Mineral and Gem Society (Oklahoma City)

Tulsa Rock and Mineral Society

Oregon

Columbia-Willamette Faceters' Guild (Portland/West Linn)

Eugene Mineral Club

Roxy Ann Gem and Mineral Society, Inc. (Central Port)

Tualatin Valley Gem Club

Willamette Agate and Mineral Society, Inc. (Salem)

Pennsylvania

Central Pennsylvania Rock and Mineral Club, Inc. (Harrisburg)

Che-Hanna Rock and Mineral Club, Inc. (Sayre)

Gem City Rock and Mineral Society (Erie)

The Mineralogical Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania (Moosic)

Nittany Mineralogical Society (State College)

Tuscarora Lapidary Society (Media)

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Aiken Gem and Mineral Society

Charles Towne Mineral and Lapidary Club, Inc. (Charleston)

Columbia Gem & Mineral Society

Lowcountry Gem and Mineral Society of Charleston, SC

Pendleton District Gem and Mineral Society (Senca)

Western South Carolina Gem and Mineral Society (Greenville)

South Dakota

Sioux Empire Gem and Mineral Society (Sioux Falls)

Tennessee

Middle Tennessee Rockhounds (Nashville)

Middle Tennessee Gem and Mineral Society (Murfreesboro)

Knoxville Gem & Mineral Society

Tennessee Valley Rock and Mineral Club (Hixon)

Texas

Austin Gem and Mineral Society

Austin Paleontological Society

Central Texas Gem & Mineral Society (Albilene)

Paleontological Society of Austin (Austin)

Dallas Gem and Mineral Society (Youth Club) 

Fort Worth Gem and Mineral Club

Houston Gem and Mineral Society

Lubbock Gem and Mineral Society

Oak Cliff Gem and Mineral Society (Dallas)

Pine Country Gem & Mineral Society (Jasper)

Pleasant Oaks Gem & Mineral Club (Dallas)

Rollin Rock Club, Inc.

Utah

Beehive Rock and Gem Club (Ogden)

Mineral Collectors of Utah (Salt Lake City)

Tooele Gem & Mineral Society

Wasatch Gem Society (Salt Lake City)

Vermont

Burlington Gem and Mineral Club

Rutland Rock & Mineral Club

Virginia

Gem and Mineral Hunters, Inc. (Dale City)

Gem and Mineral Society of Lynchburg, Virginia, Inc.

Gem and Mineral Society of the Virginia Peninsula (Newport News)

Old Dominion Earth Science Society (Virginia Beach)

Tidewater Gem & Mineral Society (Norfolk)

Washington

Bellevue Rock Club, Inc.

Clallam County Gem & Mineral Society (Sequim)

East King County Rock Club

Everett Rock & Gem Club (Youth Club)

Kitsap Mineral and Gem Societ (Port Orchard)

Marysville Rock & Gem Club, Inc.

Pend Oreille Rock & Gem Club (Newport)

Port Townsend Rock Club

Pullallup Valley Gem & Mineral Club

Washington Agate and Mineral Society (Olympia)

West Seattle Rock Club

Wisconsin

Racine Geological Society, Inc

Wisconsin Geological Society (West Allis)

Wyoming

Shoshone Rock Club (Powell)

CANADA

Central Canadian Federation of Mineralogical Societies (CCFMS) Member Clubs

Alberta

The Alberta Palaeontological Society
Calgary Faceters Guild
Calgary Rock and Lapidary Club
Edmonton Geological Society