Links to Rock-Related Subjects

Gem and Mineral Association Web Sites:

AFMS - American Federation of Mineralogical Societies

Includes the following Societies in North America; CFMS, EFMLS, MWF, NWFMS, RMFMS, SCFMS, SFMS… AFMS

CFMS - California Federation of Mineralogical Societies, Inc.

Includes the States of; CA, HI, NV, AZ…

Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies, Inc.

Includes the States of; CT, DE, KY,MD, ME, M, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA,VT, WV… EFMLS

Midwest Federation of Mineralogical and Geological Societies

Includes the States of; IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI… MWF

NWFMS

Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies

Includes the States of; AK, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA … NWFMS

RMFMS

Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies

Includes the States of; AZ, CO, KS, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, UT, WY… RMFMS

SCFMS

South Central Federation of Mineralogical Societies

Includes the States of; AR, LA, TX… SCFMS

SFMS

Southeast Federation of Mineralogical Societies

Includes the States of; AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN… SFMS

Other Central and Southern California Gem & Mineral Club Web Sites:

American Opal Society - (Anaheim, CA) -
http://www.opalsociety.org
Antelope Valley Gem and Mineral Club - (Lancaster, CA) -
http://www.geocities.com/av_gem
Borrego Rock and Gem Club Club - (Anza Borrego, CA) -
http://www.abdnha.org/BRAGclub.html
Carmel Valley Gem and Mineral Society - (Carmel, CA) -
http://www.cvgms.org
Conejo Gem and Mineral Club - (Thousand Oaks, CA) -
http://www.cgamc.org
Convair Rockhound Association - (San Diego, CA) -
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/3436
Culver City Rock and Mineral Club - (Culver City, CA) -
http://CulverCityRocks.org
Del Air Rockhounds Club - (Reseda, CA) -
http://members.aol.com/delairocks
El Dorado Mineral and Gem Society - (Placerville, CA) -
http://www.eldoradomineralandgem.org
Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society - (Fallbrook, CA) -
http://www.fgms.org
Hi Desert Gold Diggers - (Apple Valley, CA) -
http://www.rocknbead.com/hdgd001.htm
Imperial Valley Gem and Mineral Society - (El Centro, CA) -
http://www.imperial.cc.ca.us/ivc-dm/ivgms.htm
Kern County Mineral Society - (Bakersfield, CA) -
http://www.geocities.com/baja/canyon/7582/
Marin Mineral Society - (SanRafael, CA) -
http://www.marinmineral.org
Mineral and Gem Society of Castro Valley - (Hayward, CA) -
http://www.mgscv.com
Mineralogical Society of Southern California - (Pasadena, CA) -
http://www.mineralsocal.org/
Monrovia Rockhounds - (Monrovia, CA) -
http://www.moroks.com
Mother Load Mineral Society - (Modesto, CA) -
http://www.bell21.com/motherlode/
North Orange County Gem and Mineral Society - (La Habra, CA) -
http://home.inreach.com/o-nocgms
Orcutt Mineral Society - (Orcutt, CA) -
http://home.netcom.com/~shields6/OMS_2001.html

Oxnard Gem and Mineral Society - (Oxnard, CA) -
http://www.oxnardgem.com/
Palmdale Gem & Mineral Club, Inc. - (Palmdale, CA) -
http://www.palmdalegems.com
Palomar Gem & Mineral Club - (Escondido, CA) -
http://palomargem.org
Paradise Gem & Mineral Club - (Paradise, CA) -
http://www.goldnuggetwebs.com/PGMC
Pasadena Lapidary Society - (Pasadena, CA) -
http://pasadenalapidary.blogspot.com/
Puente Hills Gem & Mineral Club - (Hacienda Heights, CA) -
http://www.puentehillsgemandmineralclub.com
San Diego County Council, S. D. County Gem & Mineral Societies - (San Diego, CA) - http://www.sandiegoinsider.com/community/groups/lapidary
San Francisco Gem and Mineral Society - (San Francisco, CA) -
http://www.sfgms.org/index.html
Santa Clara Valley Gem and Mineral Society - (San Jose, CA) -
http://www.chriscox.org/scvgms
Santa Cruz Mineral and Gem Society - (Santa Cruz, CA) -
http://www.scmgs.org/
Searchers Gem & Mineral Society - (Anaheim, CA) -
http://www.gemandmineral.com/searchers.html
Searles Lake Gem & Mineral Society - (Trona, CA) -
http://www1.iwvisp.com/tronagemclub/tronagemclub.html
Sierra Pelona Rock Club - (Newhall, CA) -
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhyde83/
South Bay Lapidary and Mineral Society - (Torrance, CA) -
http://palosverdes.com/sblap/
Southern California Micromineralogists - (Long Beach, CA) -
http://www.mineralsocal.org/micro/
Sportsman Club of Joshua Tree - (Joshua Tree, CA) -
http://www.thegrid.net/sportsmansclub
Stockton Lapidary & Mineral Club - (Stockton, CA) -
http://hometown.aol.com/tinker1029/myhomepage/profile.html
Valley Prospectors - (San Bernardino, CA) -
http://members.xoom.com/ValProsptrs/
Ventura Gem and Mineral Society - (Ventura, CA) -
http://www.vgms.org/
VIP Gem and Mineral Society - (Simi Valley, CA) -
http://members.aol.com/vipgem
Woodland Hills Rock Chippers - (Woodland Hills, CA) -
http://www.RockChippers.org
Yucaipa Valley Gem & Mineral Society - (Yucaipa, CA) -
http://home.earthlink.net/~yvgms/

Earth Science Web Sites:

Agate Inclusions Agate Inclusions: Sagenite and Plume from the collection of Pat McMahan
Earth and Sky
Earthquakes, Recent in California and Nevada
Earth Science Week
Fluorescent Mineral Society
Hiddenite
Mineralogical Record
The Internet Public Library For juniors: Science/Earth Science -Explore the earth and learn about volcanos, hurricanes, earthquakes, and weather.

Smithsonian Gem & Mineral Collection

Dinosaur Links:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
The Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley. Explore the geologic timeline, evolution, and the "family tree of life."
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html
The Gellogical Time Machine"
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/education/online/suggested_activities.html
Available online at the Natural History Museum of London.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/sc/amber/
Recreation of dinosaurs.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/sc/bm/bm_01.htm
One of the best scientific mysteries on the Internet, the "Beast of Bodmin Moor"
http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/dinos/
Dino Russ's Lair: Dinosaur and Vertebrate Paleontology Information.
http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/isgsroot/faq/dino_qidx.html
He probably answers most of your questions in this comprehensive Index to Dinosaur Questions.
http:// www.fieldmuseum.org
The Field Museum in Chicago.
http:// www.fieldmuseum.org/sue/
Sue: The Inside Story. Meet Sue, the largest, most complete T. Rex at her home in the Field Museum in Chicago.
http://www.fmnh.org/sue/default_icam.htm
Tune in at 9:15 CMT to see McDonald's Fossil Preparation Laboratory through Sue Webcam.