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MINERAL INFO
Home Hobbies: Rock Collecting https://www.homeadvisor.com/r/rock-collecting/
Mineral info data www.mindat.org
Listing of fake minerals on ebay and the net www.fakeminerals.com
Guide to fake gemstones www.the-vug.com
Meteorites www.meteorites.org
North Carolina Geological overview https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/energy-mineral-land-resources/north-carolina-geological-survey
North Carolina geological survey deq.nc.gov
SHOW AND EVENT LISTINGS
National Shows www.rockngem.com
Show and Event listings www.the-vug.com
GGMC MEMBER SALE SITES
ORGANIZATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
American Federation of Mineral Societies www.amfed.org
MAGMA www.wncrocks.com
Rocks & Minerals online www.rocksandminerals.com
Rock & Gem magazine www.rockngem.com Great video gallery
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Earth Science News Feeds
Greetings. Just a quick update to this old site if...
Greetings. Just a quick update to this old site if you happen to reach it. My new website is www.geologywriter.com, which contains... Read more »- A few people have asked so here's a link to my most recent posting on my new blog site. It's ponders the... Read more »
- Greetings all. Just a short note to let everyone know that I have moved by blog to my new web site and... Read more »
- I would like to return to Smith Tower and look at the other beautiful stone that graces its lobby. It is a... Read more »
- In continuing my short tour of Seattle lobbies, I turn to what is one of the best known lobbies in the downtown... Read more »
- I am starting a series looking at buildings in Seattle. I plan to focus initially on some lobbies that I have long... Read more »
- Last night, I watched a fascinating documentary about the iconoclastic architect Louis Kahn. As the title implies, My Architect: A Son's Journey,... Read more »
- Italian paleontologists have been on a roll of late, and they haven’t even had to go out in the field. Late last... Read more »
- As I noted in September, the afterlife of quarries can be varied. Recently I came across one of the more beautiful second... Read more »
- To paraphrase the old saw, everyone talks about evolution but no one does anything about it. Well, Brian Switek decided to do... Read more »
- For much of the middle 1900s consumers coveted sheets of little green stamps. Known as S&H Green Stamps, they came in a... Read more »
- Finally we have a nice uniting of science and religion and boy has it titillated the Internet. Apparently for the past 350... Read more »
- Do you ever have the feeling that you are being watched when you stroll through downtown streets? You are probably right. Hundreds... Read more »
Stories in Stone
Washing my collection of minerals
I took advantage of being on vacation to wash my collection of mineral the week of December 21st, 2020. I enjoyed washing... Read more »- Ever since I was a kid I remember the first time I saw a diamond, it was a jewelry store in Guadalajara,... Read more »
- Amazing surprise checking in at the Intercontinental hotel in Mexico City by Reforma (Campos Eliseos). My breath was taken away when I... Read more »
- Tom's online report 37 (Spring 2014) Click the following text to enter Tom's online report: Rob Lavinsky’s The Arkenstone site (irocks.com) has... Read more »
- What a privilege to speak at the SPWP on February 13, 2014 early in the morning with a nice breakfast consisting of French toast,... Read more »
- In order, the following beauties: Native Gold dendrites on Quartz crystal matrix! From Rosia Montana, Verespatak, Alba County, Romania | Brochantite acicular crystals on Limonite... Read more »
- What a beautiful collection of crystals, and also rock formations, crevices models, and even the architecture of the Museum looks like a... Read more »
- There is a new mineral name I discover frequently, so, I am happy to share some of those hereby. Thanks to Kristalle for offering... Read more »
- Formula: Fe 3+ 24 Al (PO 4 ) 17 O 6 (OH) 12 · 17H 2 O Name: From the Greek κακός... Read more »
- Volcanic and Geological Resources There are over 500 documented volcanos on Earth. Just about every culture has some reference to these fantastic... Read more »
