Links
Mineralogy is rapidly expanding on the web. We have begun our
links page by listing a few websites which we know well and will be of particular
interest to our subscribers. These are grouped in various categories below.
If you would like to feature on this page please contact our webmaster:
MINERALOGICAL INFORMATION
- Association Française de
Microminéralogie
- The French Association of Micromineralogy, has a large and interesting site,
much of it readable in English. It is copiously illustrated with microphotos
and deals with all aspects of micromounting.
- Barite
- Malcolm Woodward is particularly interested in barite and fluorite from
the north of England and has some great photo's of both species. There's also
a page of agate from the Cheviots and many underground photos of the mines
themselves.
- Barite Specimen Localities
- Bill Dameron's excellent site provides accurate locality data with descriptions
and pictures to aid correct labelling of barite specimens.
- Bob's Rock Shop
- Bob's Rock Shop should need little introduction to netizens. It has a vast
volume of mineral related information and links to numerous sites.
- British Geological Survey
- This is the official site of the British Geological
Survey, Britain's premier geological research institution. Order your geological
maps and guides here.
- Camborne School of
Mines Virtual Museum
- This site has some superb virtual fieldtrips in Cornwall
and a wealth of mineralogical and geological information..
- Crocoite
- Steve Sorrell, a long time UKJMM subscriber, has a great website devoted
to the minerals of Australia and New Zealand.
- Geonord
- A guide to geological and mineralogical resources in Scandinavia. Minerals,
fossils, gems, museums, mines, mineral tourism, mineral shows and clubs. GeoNord
is a non-profit site.
- MinDat.org
- Mindat.org is one of the largest mineralogical references on the internet.
It was set up by Jolyon Ralph in 1993, and launched on the web in October
2000. It is very useful for information about specific sites and minerals.
- Minerals of Scotland
- Hal Currie has developed and excellent site concentrating particularly on
Scottish minerals, but with pages that cover sites over the whole of the UK.
There are many good photo's.
- Mineralogy
of Wales
- The National Museum of Walses has prodcued an excellent and authoritative
guide to the mineralogy of Wales, copiously illustrated and with detailed
information on each species.
- Minérapole
- Minerapole is the official site of the Ste Marie aux Mines mineral show,
billed as the world's top summer show it has rapidly expanded over the last
decade and now attracts many tens of thousands of vistors to this lovely area
of France. There are superb galleries of mineral pictures taken by the world's
top photographers.
- Mineral Paradise
- Written by Richard Bell, mineral-paradise has hundreds of photos of British
Minerals, mostly micromount sized, and specimens for sale at very reasonable
prices.
- MineralTown.com
- A great source of information for mineral collectors: articles, educational
contents, photo galleries, trade zone, and a directory and own search engine
of web sites about rocks, gems, fossils and minerals.
- Rock-Site
- Rock site was created by our very own Peter Briscoe. It has a considerable
amount of information about mineral sites in Great Britain, concentrating
on the Isle of Skye, Strontian and Northern England. Peter has a great selection
of minerals for sale.
- The Virtual Museum of the History
of Mineralogy
- The purpose of the Virtual Museum of the History of Mineralogy is to bring
together photographs and descriptions of representative historical objects
and information related to the early mineralogical and crystallographic sciences.
- The Vug
- The web's most extensive portal to mineral, gem, fossil, lapidary and related
sites, features recent updates, over 425 categorized links and 45,000 hits
per week.
- UK Mining Ventures
- A group of enthusiastic Americans took the Rogerley Mine in Weardale some
years ago and have been mining superb green fluorite specimens. This is their
site, and it has a lot of information about mining in northern England. There
are also some specimens for sale if you need a green fluorite for your collection.
- Web Mineral
- For general information about minerals and how they are classified Web Mineral
is a superb site. It gives full Dana and Strunz classifications for all mineral
species, and has extensive information about their physical and optical properties.
- Yup Rocks
- A high quality pictorial guide to minerals and rocks for the student and
collector.
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- MINERALOGICAL JOURNALS
- Australian
Journal of Mineralogy
- The Australian Journal of mineralogy published biannually is a full colour
A4 journal devoted to Australia's varied and fascinating mineralogy.
- Bocamina
- Bocamina is a lavishly illustrated journal devoted to the minerals of Spain.
- Lapis
- Lapis is the leading German journal for the collector mineralogist and publishes
articles on sites all around the world. There are 11 issues per year copiously
illustrated with colour photographs.
- Le Règne Minéral
- This full colour French journal concentrates on French topographic mineralogy.
The journal and website are in French, but even if you cannot read the text,
its worth it for the pictures alone!
- The Mineralogical Record
- The Mineralogical Record based in Tucson Arizona publishes 6 issues a year
which concentrate on the topographic mineralogy of important worldwide localities.
- The Russell Society
- The Russell Society is a UK based society of amateur and professional mineralogists
which encourages the study, recording and conservation of mineralogical sites
and material. It publishes the Journal of the Russell Society which has informative
articles concentrating on British Topographic mineralogy.
- MINERAL SOCIETIES
- British Micromount Society
- The British Micromount Society is a national organisation founded in 1981.
It's aims are to promote contact between micromounters in the UK and to encourage
the development of micromounting as a branch of mineralogy through the publication
of a newsletter, occasional field meetings and symposia. The Society publishes
the British Directory of Micromounters - now in it's 9th edition - and maintains
a national reference collection of microminerals which is available to members
on loan by post. It has also developed a range of 'occasional papers' on topics
of interest to amateur mineralogists.
- Peak Lapidary and Mineral Society
- The Peak Lapidary and Mineral Society is based in and around the Peak District
of Derbyshire, and organises the Bakewell Rock Exchange each year in October.
- Sussex Mineral and Lapidary Society
- The Sussex Mineral and Lapidary Society based in the southeast is one of
the most active mineralogical societies in the UK and organises an annual
show in November in Haywards Heath.
- The Russell Society
- The Russell Society is a society of amateur and professional mineralogists
which encourages the study, recording and conservation of mineralogical sites
and material.
MUSEUMS
Killhope North of England Lead
Mining Museum
Hunterian Museum
National Museum
of Wales
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Royal Cornwall Museum
The Manchester Museum
The Natural History
Museum
OUR REGULAR ADVERTISERS (with
websites)
British Lapidary & Mineral Dealer's Association
Broadstone Minerals
Crystal Classics
Fabre Minerals
Greenside Minerals
Malvern Lapidary
Manchester Minerals
Munich Show
Neil Plummer
Northern Minerals
Rock-Site
Tideswell Dale Rock Shop
