ROCKHOUNDING ARKANSAS
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linkGeneral Interest

4 Day Weather Forecast for Arkansas, if you are headed this way!

Weather Map Nexrad radar map of Arkansas

Bob's Rock Shop www.rockhounds.com An on-line 'zine for everything relating to collecting. A must-have bookmark. Bob hosts a discussion group, and, you will find the Mother of all Link Lists having to do with rockhounding at his site.

Univ. of Arkansas http://comp.uark.edu/~sboss/study1.htm A study guide for a college general geology course. Find out about minerals, the theory of plate tectonics, and other basic general geology.

University of Arkansas Department of Geology home page http://www.uark.edu/depts/geology/

University of California at Berkley www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleozoic/paleozoic.html A great geology web site.

Mineralogy Club of Antwerp, Belgium http://www.xs4all.nl/~mineral/index.html We bring information relevant to mineral collectors, with lots of links to other mineralogy sites

USGS http://geology.usgs.gov/ Geology and earthquake information

US Dept. of the Interior http://www.doi.gov/kids/ Kids on the Web

Volcanoes http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/kids/kids.html

Yahoo! http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/Geology_and_Geophysics/
Search engine links to Geology, Earth Sciences, and Geophysics

L.R. Ream Publishing Company http://mineralnews.com Source for geological publications

Fluorescent Mineral Society http://www.uvminerals.org An international organization for academics, hobbyists and businesses with interests in fluorescent, phosphorescent, triboluminescent, and thermoluminescent minerals

French Society of Micromineralogy the first site specialized in MICROMINERALOGY (micromounting) with an international micromounter's directory. Click the small British flag to get the english version, unless you're up on French language.

Collecting Minerals in Oklahoma with articles from magazine publications

The Minerals Collection Data bank online for mineral collectors. Collectors Registry, Mineralogical Groups Registry, Federations Registry (all these registrations are free), Traders Registry, minerals and equipment exchange and trade, meetings, publications, museums and a lot of links.

the Canadian Rockhound An excellent, well-produced internet magazine, for the hub of Canadian collecting.

Online Mineral Database Don't have a mineralogy text handy to look up a mineral you need to find? Then go to the most complete Online Mineral Database available to search for it! Over 5000 pages of data on all known mineral species.

Rockhounders.com This site contains websites of fellow rockhounders, free classified ads, event and club listings and more.

American Federation of Mineralogical Societies http://www.amfed.org

 

linkAssociations

Friends of Mineralogy Midwest Chapter www.indiana.edu/~minerals/

Ozark Earth Science Club Mountain Home, AR

linkGovernment & Cities

Arkansas Geological Commission to get publications and answers to your Arkansas questions

Arkansas Parks & Tourism Get your free vacation planning kit

Earth Science Department University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Ouachita National Forest Information about location, access, & recreational opportunities

Minerals and Geology on the Ouachita and Ozark-St. Francis National Forests, including rockhounding opportunities

Mt. Ida Chamber of Commerce http://www.mtidachamber.com Links to crystal mines, lodging, recreation and more

Hot Springs National Park Home page for the National Park

linkTechnical Articles

Another series of articles by Mike and Darcy Howard, a nine part primer on crystallography.


Introduction to Crystallography and Mineral Crystal Systems : the original articles you may have seen at Bob's Rock Shop



Contact the authors of Rockhounding Arkansas Revised July 1999
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