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Alabama Gem and Mineral Clubs
- Alabama Mineral and Lapidary Society
- Dothan Gem and Mineral Club
- Huntsville Gem and Mineral Society
- Mobile Rock and Gem Society
- Montgomery Gem and; Mineral Society
Auctions
Collecting Sites
Explore your favorite sites from around Alabama!
- What is rockhounding?
- Where can I go to collect minerals in Alabama? (interactive map)
- What equipment should I have?
- Are there any rules?
- What about mining claims?
- Are there any dangerous minerals I should be aware of?
- Can I see a geologic map of Alabama?
- I've never seen many of these words before, what do they mean?
- What can you tell me about the mineral quartz?
- Is there more technical information about quartz?
- Can I find quartz crystals in Alabama?
- How does Petrified Wood Form?
- Rainbow Obsidian
- Where can I find unique treasures in Alabama?
- Alabama Ghost Towns!
- Home Hobbies: Rock Collecting
- Hardness of Metals Chart
Faceting
Field Trips
Fluorescents
Fossils
- Fossils, Stones and Bones
- Fossil News of Avocational Paleontology
- Fossil Shark Teeth
- Russian Fossils
- National geographic Fossils
Gem and Mineral Shows
- Gem Show Express
- Gem Shows by Rock & Gem
- Gem Shows of the United States
- Quartzite, Arizona, "The Rock Capital of the World"
- The VUG
Gemstones and Gemology
General Information
Geologic Time Scales
- Geologic history of Alabama
- Geology
- Berkeley Time Scale
- Wikipedia Geologic Time Scale
- Enchanted Learning Geologic Time Scale
- GSA Time Scale
Global Positioning Systems
Instructional and Educational
- Kingsley North
- Bellingham Metal Arts Guild
- Exhibits at WWU Geology Department
- Gemology course
- UAB Research Center
- Stone Rose Fossil Interpretive Center
- Alabama Geological Survey
- Rock Tumbling, the Ultimate Guide
- Rock Tumbling Hobby
- Outdoor Alabama
- Gator Girl Rocks
- The Prospectors TV Show
- Free Gemology Courses
- Geodes Guide
- Digital Rockhoud's Companion Site
- American Geode
Jewelry
Magazines
Metorites
- Collecting Micrometeorites
- Cutting, Etching, and Preserving Iron Meteorites
- Metorites
- Metorites for Sale
- Metorites for Sale 2
Mineral Identification
- Athena
- Database of Minerals
- Handbook of Mineralogy
- Mineralogy Database
- Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness
Minerals
- Common Minerals and Their Uses
- Easy Mineral Identification
- Mineral Information & Pictures
- Mineralogy Database
- Mineral Chemistry
- Minerals, Crystals and Their Systems
- Periodic Table of Elements
Museums
- Alabama Museum of Natural History
- Minerals of Alabama Online
- Museums of the United States
- Paleoart Russian Fossils
Organizations and Federations
- American Federation of Mineralogical Societies
- AFMS Code of Ethics
- California Federation of Mineralogical Societies
- Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies
- Geological Society of America
- International Gemstone Association
- Midwest Federation of Mineralogical and Geological Societies
- Mineralogical Society of America
- Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies
- Rocky Mountain Federation Mineralogical Societies
- SCRIBE
- Society of American Silversmiths
- South Central Federation of Mineralogical Societies
- Southeast Federation of Mineralogical Societies
Prospecting
- Gold prospectors Association of America
- Gold Prospecting Equipment
- The Gold Rush in California
- Alabama Gold Camp
- Alabama Gold Maps
- Mining and Digging Sites
- Alabama Gold Sites
- Finding Rocks
Rock and Equipment Shops
- Indian Jewelers Supply
- The Mineral Gallery
- Round Rocks Etc.
- The Rock Seeker
- Agate City Rock Shop
- Spheres To You
- Stone Company
- Rock Peddler
- Opal Essance
- Kristalle Minerals & Gold
- Round Rocks
- Johnson Brothers Lapidary
- Kingsley North
- Rio Grande Supply
- Nevada Outback Gems
- Copper Canyon Lapidary
- Great Slabs
- Great Rough Slabs
- Kreigh's Homemade Lapidary Equipment
Tutorials
- Lapidary Tutorials
- John Fyer & Company
- Alabama Silversmithing and Jewelrymaking
- Small Bench Tools
- Online Gemology and Lapidary Tutorials
USGS
- Alabama Geological Survey
- U.S. Geological Survey
- USGS Map Locator & Downloader
- USGS Topographic Map Symbols
- Geologic Map of Alabama
- Geologic Map of Alabama Explanation Guide
- Bureau of Land Management
- Map of the surface geology of Alabama
- USGS Rocks and Minerals
- USGS Education