Resources for exploring mineralogy
Organizations
Societies
- The Midwest Federation of Mineralogical and Geological Societies
- The American Federation of Mineralogical Societies
- The Mineralogical Society of America
- Friends of Mineralogy – Midwest Chapter
Museums
- Cincinnati Museum Center Museum of Natural History and Science
- Karl E. Limper Geology Museum at Miami University in Oxford, OH
- Orton Geological Museum at the Ohio State University in Columbus, OH
- A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum at Michigan Tech University in Houghton, MI
Schools
- MU, Oxford Department of Geology
- UC Department of Geology
- NKU Department of Geology
- UD Deparment of Geology
- Wittenberg Department of Geology
Geological Surveys
- Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological Survey
- Indiana Geological Survey
- Kentucky Geological Survey
Information about Minerals
General
- mindat.org – the world’s largest public database of mineral information
- Bob’s Rock Shop – a resource for rockhounds
- Wikipedia
- The Virtual Museum of the History of Mineralogy
Geared for Children
- Digging with Rocky the Rockhound
- Mineralogy 4 Kids
- Kids Love Rocks
Publications
Periodicals
- Rocks & Minerals
- The Mineralogical Record
- Elements
- American Mineralogist
Books
- Minerals of Ohio
- Ohio Rocks!-A Guide to the Geologic Sites in the Buckeye State
Speakers
- Dr. John A. Jaszczak
- Jeff Scovil
- Jared Freiburg
- Dr. John Rakovan
- Jack & Pete Heckscher – The Crystal Circle