Links of Interest

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American Federation of Mineralogical Societies (AFMS)
Bob's Rock Shop (Internet Magazine for Rockhounds)
Earth Science Picture of the Day
Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies (EFMLS)
Mineralogy Club of Antwerp, Belgium
Minerals and Gems Field Guide (San Diego Natural History Museum)
TopoZone.com
University of Vermont | Department of Geography and Geosciences
Vermont Geological Society
Vermont Geological Survey

AGATE
Agate Mineral Information Page
International Colored Gemstone Association
The Agateer (Research|Penn State, September 2001)

COLLECTING LOCALITIES
Vermont
"Rockhounding in Vermont" (an article summarizing a number of mineral and fossil collecting localities in Vermont) PDF (48 KB)

Orford Nickel Mine, Quebec
Tarassoff and Gault (1994) PDF (16.5 MB), courtesy of Woody Thompson
Garnets from Orford PDF (361 KB), courtesy of Capital Mineral Club

TOURMALINE
Tourmaline (Gem Gallery, www.theimage.com)
Tourmaline (USGS Minerals Information)
Tourmaline, Maine's State Mineral (Maine Geological Survey)

FOSSILS
A newly-described pyritized Ordovician arthropod from New York [Parry et al. (2024)]

ROCHESTER MINERALOGICAL SYMPOSIUM
48th Meeting, April 17, 2021, Program with Abstracts, PDF (5.4 MB)
Presentations via YouTube