Links

Homepages of Austrian Earth Scientists
Reinhard Kaindl, Graz
Kurt Stüwe, Graz
Vroni Tenczer, Graz
Christian Biermeier, Graz
Erich Draganits, Vienna
Christoph Hauzenberger, Graz
Anita W. Scharner, vlg. Gaugaugexi, Vienna


Mineral Data Bases
Athena Mineral Data Base
Mineral Data Base by David Barthelmy (!!)
Handbook of Mineralogy
Carinthian Mineral Data Base by Günther Indra


Earth Science related Collections and Museum
Data Metallogenica Center, Australia I (ore deposits collection)
Data Metallogenica Center, Australia II (ore deposits collection)
Pictures of Austrian minerals (lot of cookies and pop-ups!)
Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum - Mineralogy
Agates of the Sudetes by Dawid Godziewski


Geochemical Data Bases
GEOROC - The MPI geochemical rock data base


Literature Data Bases
GeoRef Preview
Journals and Books in Austrian Libraries


Scandium
Scandium information center
Scandium prospection, Australia
Scandium in aluminium phosphates, Utah


Phosphorus
Phosphorus in the Global Environment
Phosphate recovery by NHM London


Zeolites
International Zeolite Association
Zeolite Links by Harald Tepper
The International Natural Zeolite Association   


On-line Journals
ScienceDirect (7.3 million full-text articles online)
Electronic Library Regensburg, Germany
European Journal of Mineralogy
The Canadian Mineralogist
Mineralogical Magazine
Clay Minerals 
Clays and Clay Minerals
Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
AIG Journal (mineral resources)


Free on-line books
Geochemistry (Textbook by William M. White)


Conferences, Meetings, Workshops, ...
by Andrea Koziol
by Geochemical Society
by Geological Society of America


Earth Science related Unions, Societies, Associations
The International Association of Geoanalysts
Mineralogy Club of Antwerp, Belgium (very comprehensive list of links)


Mineralizations, Mineral Deposits and Mines
Introduction to Mineral Deposit Models
Franklin and Sterling Hill Zn-Mn-Fe deposits
Vastana iron mine, Sweden (famous phosphate locality)
Bingham Canyon Copper Mine, Utah
Stillwater Palladium/Platinum Mine, Montana
Neves Corvo Copper-Tin Mine, Portugal
Iberian Mines (with a lot of images, unfortunately without description) 
Mineral deposit profiles by the British Columbia Geological Survey
Mineralization Photographs by Natural Resources Canada
MBendi, South Africa (world wide mining data)
Mining Technology - the website for the mining industry (description of various mining operations)
Introduction to Mining by Delta Mine Training Center, Alaska (with a lot of links)


Ore Microscopy
Virtual Atlas of  Opaque and Ore Minerals in their Associations by Robert A. Ixer and Paul R. Duller


Chemistry
Webelements (Periodic Table)
The Wooden Periodic Table by Theodore Gray
ChemFinder
Merck Chemicals
ÖGUSSA precious metal labware


Geochemical (and other) Reference Materials 
USGS Geochemical Reference Materials
Canadian Certified Reference Materials Project
Geological Survey of Japan Geochemical Standards Data Base
NIST - Standard Reference Materials  
Brammer Standards, Houston, Texas (very comprehensive!)
Breitländer Reference Materials


Earth Science "link-lists"
Links for Mineralogists (University Würzburg, Germany)
All about Geology
Mineralogical links by European Journal of Mineralogy
"Kulturgeologie" by Andreas Thinschmidt and Werner Gesselbauer
Geochemistry links
Geo-Guide


Search Engines
Google
Yahoo!
Scirus (Scientific Search Engine)


Travelling
Travel Guide by excite 
Australia in 90 days
Weather Word Wide

    Weather Graz
    Weather Schöckl
Currency Converter
Austrian maps
Babelfish (translation)


Miscellaneous
The Expeditors
Metamorphic Petrology (Dave Waters, University of Oxford)
Gemrocks by  R.V. Dietrich
Unforbidden Geology (The history of Man from the often overlooked geologic perspective)
Cornish Geology Website by Nick LeBoutillier
Earth Science World ImageBank
Everything about Snow Crystals
Phycodea
Jobs for Earth Scientists
Production, Prices, Sources of Metals and Industrial Minerals by USGS
GIS Styria
Mineral locations world wide
Science News by New Scientist
Electricity, Magnetism, High-Frequency Technology and much more!
Gravity Machine by R.W. Graeff
Another view at the Big Bang
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, 1898
Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia
Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Rainforest Site
Solar System Simulator

last update: 8.8.2006

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