These are links extracted from my bookmark file
that I have found useful in the past. While they are not complete
or comprehensive with respect to geology or mineralogy, you
should be able to find what you want by browsing around.
Geology Stuff
Mineralogy Stuff
- Alphabetical
Mineral Reference from the University of Wisconsin
mineral database.
- American
Mineralogist Home Page
- ATHENA
MINERALOGY presents Pierre Perroud's searchable
database. This sit contains mineral name, formula, and
systematic listings of all known species.
- Bob's
Rock Shop contains software and data for MinDat32 (Joycon Ralph)
and MinDB (Mike McCormick).
- GEOLIB
is a Mineralogical database that contains all minerals
approved by the IMA, mineral systematics, literature
references, variant names, and a cataloging system for
your collection, with automatic reference to mineral.
- IUMSC Data Server
Indiana University Molecular Structure Center. Their Java
programming efforts for crystallography and molecular
models is quite informative. See GEOLIB for similar
efforts in Java programming.
- Lapis
is a german-language Mineral Magazine devoted to mineralogy.
Paleoart
is providing english abstracts of selected articles from this
magazine as a courtesy to english-speaking mineral enthusiasts.
- Le Regne
Mineral is a french-language Mineral Magazine devoted
to mineralogy, geology and paleontology. In their website
software section, they feature the neatest
crystallographic shape-drawing shareware program called
Faces (version 3.5) by Georges Favreau.
- Mineral
Formula Database ftp site by J. D. McDonald contains
all mineral names and formula in txt and rtf format from
Fleisher and Mandarino (1995).
- Mineral
Collectors Page
- Mineralogy Database in HTML format
contains a browsable mineral database linked by chemical
composition, crystallography, Dana classification,
alphabetical listings, physical properties (hardness,
density, cleavage, color) and optical properties (index
of refraction). This site includes information on all
known mineral species.
- Rockhounds
Information Page is a good, all-around site with many
links.
- The Mineral
Gallery is a commercial site with a searchable
mineral database.
- The Mineralogical Record
finally has a home page. Visit this site to learn about
one of the finest mineral specimen magazines.