Links of Interest
GEOLOGICAL, MINERALOGICAL, AND PALEONTOLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Federation of Mineralogical Societies (AFMS)
American Geosciences Institute (AGI)
Connecticut Geological Survey
Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies (EFMLS)
Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
Geological Society of America (GSA)
International Colored Gemstone Association
Maine Geological Survey
Massachusetts Geological Survey
New Hampshire Geological Survey
New York Geological Survey
Rhode Island Geological Survey
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Vermont Geological Society
Vermont Geological Survey
MUSEUMS
American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
Field Museum
Maine Mineral & Gem Museum (MMGM)
Mineralogical & Geological Museum at Harvard University (MGMH)
New York State Museum (NYSM)
Redpath Museum (at McGill University)
San Diego Natural History Museum
Smithsonian Museum
Yale Peabody Museum
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Dartmouth College | Department of Earth Sciences
Middlebury College | Department of Earth and Climate Sciences
Norwich University | Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Vermont | Department of Geography and Geosciences
ONLINE AND PRINT COLLECTING AND IDENTIFICATION GUIDES
Mindat.org
"Mineral Collecting in Vermont" [Grant (1968)] PDF (14.3 MB)
Minerals and Gems Field Guide (San Diego Natural History Museum)
"Paleontology of the Champlain Basin in Vermont" [Welby (1962)] PDF (28 MB)
"Rockhounding in Vermont" (an article summarizing a number of mineral and fossil collecting localities in Vermont) PDF (48 KB)
MINERALS FEATURED AT PAST CLUB SHOWS
Agate
Agate (Gem & Mineral Miners)
Agate (International Colored Gemstone Association)
Garnet
Garnet nomenclature [Grew et al. (2013)]
Tourmaline
Tourmaline (Gem Gallery)
Tourmaline, Maine's State Mineral (Maine Geological Survey)
Tourmaline nomenclature [Henry et al. (2011)]
FOSSILS
A newly-described pyritized Ordovician arthropod from New York [Parry et al. (2024)]
COLLECTING LOCALITIES
New Hampshire
Ruggles Mine
McNair (1954) PDF (1.5 MB)
Vermont
"Rockhounding in Vermont" (an article summarizing a number of mineral and fossil collecting localities in Vermont) PDF (48 KB)
Quebec
Orford Nickel Mine
Tarassoff and Gault (1994) PDF (16.5 MB), courtesy of Woody Thompson
Garnets from Orford PDF (361 KB), courtesy of Capital Mineral Club
NOTABLE GEOLOGIC SITES
Elizabeth Mine, Vermont
Slack et al. (2024) PDF (6.6 MB)
CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA
Rochester Mineralogical Syposium
48th Meeting, April 17, 2021, Program with Abstracts, PDF (5.4 MB)
Presentations via YouTube
MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCES AND WEBSITES
Earth Science Picture of the Day
Gem & Mineral Miners
John Betts Minerals
TopoZone.com
U.S. Geological Survey National Minerals Information Center
American Federation of Mineralogical Societies (AFMS)
American Geosciences Institute (AGI)
Connecticut Geological Survey
Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies (EFMLS)
Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
Geological Society of America (GSA)
International Colored Gemstone Association
Maine Geological Survey
Massachusetts Geological Survey
New Hampshire Geological Survey
New York Geological Survey
Rhode Island Geological Survey
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Vermont Geological Society
Vermont Geological Survey
MUSEUMS
American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
Field Museum
Maine Mineral & Gem Museum (MMGM)
Mineralogical & Geological Museum at Harvard University (MGMH)
New York State Museum (NYSM)
Redpath Museum (at McGill University)
San Diego Natural History Museum
Smithsonian Museum
Yale Peabody Museum
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Dartmouth College | Department of Earth Sciences
Middlebury College | Department of Earth and Climate Sciences
Norwich University | Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Vermont | Department of Geography and Geosciences
ONLINE AND PRINT COLLECTING AND IDENTIFICATION GUIDES
Mindat.org
"Mineral Collecting in Vermont" [Grant (1968)] PDF (14.3 MB)
Minerals and Gems Field Guide (San Diego Natural History Museum)
"Paleontology of the Champlain Basin in Vermont" [Welby (1962)] PDF (28 MB)
"Rockhounding in Vermont" (an article summarizing a number of mineral and fossil collecting localities in Vermont) PDF (48 KB)
MINERALS FEATURED AT PAST CLUB SHOWS
Agate
Agate (Gem & Mineral Miners)
Agate (International Colored Gemstone Association)
Garnet
Garnet nomenclature [Grew et al. (2013)]
Tourmaline
Tourmaline (Gem Gallery)
Tourmaline, Maine's State Mineral (Maine Geological Survey)
Tourmaline nomenclature [Henry et al. (2011)]
FOSSILS
A newly-described pyritized Ordovician arthropod from New York [Parry et al. (2024)]
COLLECTING LOCALITIES
New Hampshire
Ruggles Mine
McNair (1954) PDF (1.5 MB)
Vermont
"Rockhounding in Vermont" (an article summarizing a number of mineral and fossil collecting localities in Vermont) PDF (48 KB)
Quebec
Orford Nickel Mine
Tarassoff and Gault (1994) PDF (16.5 MB), courtesy of Woody Thompson
Garnets from Orford PDF (361 KB), courtesy of Capital Mineral Club
NOTABLE GEOLOGIC SITES
Elizabeth Mine, Vermont
Slack et al. (2024) PDF (6.6 MB)
CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA
Rochester Mineralogical Syposium
48th Meeting, April 17, 2021, Program with Abstracts, PDF (5.4 MB)
Presentations via YouTube
MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCES AND WEBSITES
Earth Science Picture of the Day
Gem & Mineral Miners
John Betts Minerals
TopoZone.com
U.S. Geological Survey National Minerals Information Center