Gems and Minerals

National Museum of Natural History
Contains research collections, lectures, outreach, and exhibits.

University of Wisconsin Geology Museum
Nice information and pictures, but limited samples.

Minerals and Crystallography
An excellent reference where minerals are organized in several different ways: alphabetically, crystallographically, chemically, by mineral properties (density, optical properties, color, etc.), and photos. More than 5000 web pages of data. Excellent resource!

Links for Mineralogists
An exhaustive set of links for mineralogists compiled at the University of Würzburg's Mineralogical Institute.

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This page was last updated on April 16, 2008