Minerals
The following selected websites are great resources to learn more about minerals. You also can find helpful books at the Books & Gear page with a link to the Gator Girl Rocks Amazon Store.
Minerals Information
- Mindat - Mindat.org is the largest mineral database and mineralogy reference website on the internet. This site contains worldwide data on minerals, mineral collecting, mineral localities, and other mineralogical data.
- Friends of Mineralogy
- Fluorescent Mineral Society
Minerals Information for Children
- Minerals Education Council - The MEC is teh Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Foundation's designated program to develop and deliver accurate and timely K-12 education materials and activities and conduct public awareness outreach about mining and minerals, The MEC is the successor entity of the Mineral Information Institute.
- National Geographic - Minerals & Gems
- Mineralogy for Kids - Mineralogical Society of America
- Mineral Identification - Rocks for Kids
- 40 Common Minerals - Identifies everyday uses for common minerals