Links for Mineralogists: Table of Contents
Indexes focused on Mineralogy and Petrology
Philip E. Brown, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Wondering, Wandering and Winnowing: The WWW and Mineralogy. The purpose of this exercise is to introduce the visitor to Earth Science resources on the World Wide Web (WWW) and in particular provide access to material which can be useful throughout a typical Mineralogy course.
Ernst A.J. Burke, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, European Journal of Mineralogy: Annotated Mineralogy Links. Links to mineralogy/petrology/geochemistry journals and a selection of annotated mineralogy sites.
John C. Butler, Dept. of Geosciences, Univ. Houston: A Virtual Geosciences Professor: "Geology Course Resources on the Internet": Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry Resources, and Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry Resources
Center for Scientific Computing (CSC), Finland: Mineralogy Topics. CSC is a national service center that specializes in scientific computing and data communications.
Stan Chernicoff & Ramesh Venkatakrishnan, Geologylink: Minerals, Igneous Processes and Igneous Rocks and Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks. Each chapter is sorted in Lecture Links, Related Links, News & Current Events, Organizations and Magazines and the Chapter Glossary.
Josip Crnicki: MyTopLink. The MENU - GEOLOGY is showing principal branches of the MyTopLink classification of internet resources for Geology. Worth to check out: Mineralogy (gmi), Petrology (gpe), Metamorphic rocks (gpeme), and Igneous rocks (gpevo).
Eric Fookes & Christophe Nussbaumer, Department of Geology, University of Geneva, Links to Great Earth-Science Resources: Mineralogy and Crystallography.
Department of Geosciences, University of Houston: Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Petrology.
John Harrop & Peter MacMartin, The Geo Exchange: Mineralogy Resources.
Phillip Ingram, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney: Mineralogy and Petrology. Included in The VIRTUAL EARTH (sit back and wait). Also available via ADaM/Univ. Bonn.
Russell J. Jacobson (DINO RUSS's LAIR), Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois: Mineralogy, Crystallography and Rocks.
Andrea Koziol and Chris Bugosh, Department of Geology, University of Dayton: Mineralogy and Petrology Research on the Web
Jürgen Kraus, Department of Geology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada: Structural Geology and Metamorphic Petrology Resources on the WWW. A semi German version is available via http://privat.schlund.de/Struktur/
LookSmart: Education & Reference, Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, Geology: Mineralogy & Crystallography, Metamorphic Geology, and Igneous Geology. See also: LookSmart. Go to: Reference & Education> Science> Earth Sciences> Geology> General Geology. Annotated sites.
Lucio Loreto & Rosa Farinato, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universita´ di Roma "La Sapienza", MIOL - MIneralogia On Line: Mineralogia Ipertestuale in ambiente WWW. In Italian.
Lycos, Popular sites from a2z, Science & Technology: Earth Sciences & the Environment: Geology: Minerals
Metamorphic Studies Group, (Oxford): Metamorphic Links
Gareth Mills, GeoWeb. Go to: Mineralogy & Crystallography.
Steven H. Schimmrich, Department of Geology, University of Illinois: Rocks & Minerals
SciCentral, Earth & Space Sciences: Petrology. A metadirectory created for scientists and engineers by colleagues. Currently, the comprehensive directories selected by SciCentral constitute a gateway to over 50,000 scientific sites.
Frank S. Spear, Dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY: Metamorphic Links This page is an attempt to list websites that are interesting and useful for metamorphic petrologists.
Tasa Graphic Arts: Minerals on the Internet. This page provided access to many servers with information related to minerals, sorted by a variety of categories, e.g. Gems & Gemcutting, Mineral Analysis & Identification, Museums & Photo Galleries, etc.
David Waters, University Lecturer in Metamorphic Petrology: Personal Homepage. Explore the "DJW´s Pages of Useful Links", e.g. DJW Mineralogy Links, and DJW Metamorphic petrology and related "hard-rock" topics. An invaluable source for petrologists. Excellent!
West Educational Publishing, Geology and the Environment: Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry Resources
Peter Wood, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Manchester, Internet resources for Earth Scientists: Mineralogy Internet Resources
YAHOO: Top:Science:Earth Sciences:Geology and Geophysics: Mineralogy
Table of contents
worth to see: Earth science site of the week
Indexes of Meta-Indexes
Annotated Geo Links
Geo Links without Annotations
worth to see: Earth science site of the week
Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic), Dartmouth: GSC Atlantic´s Earth Science Site of the Week. Every week or so, an earth science related web site will be featured here with a small summary of that site.
Australian Department of Primary Industries & Energy: Global Catalogues on Geoscience. The intent of this page is to provide an initial entry point to comprehensive world geoscience meta catalogue sites.
Bulletin Board for Libraries (BUBL), BUBL Information Service, Andersonian Library, Strathclyde University, Glasgow: 550 Earth sciences. See 551.0 Geology. With search engine. Extensive Meta-Indexes with comments.
John Butler, Department of Geosciences Houston, Texas, In: Bernard P. Pipkin & Dee Trent, Geology and the Environment, Second Edition: Additional Resources.
Josip Crnicki: MyTopLink. At present MyTopLink - a new internet service - is completed for the fields of geology, geophysics and geotechnical engineering, as well as for all relevant sub-branches. The MENU - GEOLOGY is showing principal branches of the MyTopLink classification of internet resources for Geology - but not all resources - only the best of them. Please don´t switch off images - they are needed to display control buttons.
C. Diller & C. Tafel, Univ. of Evanston, Illinois: Earth Science Emporium. A nice commented list, devited in General Earth Science, Astronomy, Geology, Oceanography and the Meta-Index of Earth Science Resources.
Eric Fookes & Christophe Nussbaumer, Department of Geology, University of Geneva: Links to Great Earth-Science Resources. The main part of this list attempts to provide links to earth-science related sites that contribute above average quality material available on the internet.
Worth Publishers, (Rob Viens, University of Washington): Geologylink. See: The Earth Today (updated daily), Geology in the News, Instructor and K12 Forum, the Geologylink Glossary, and last but not least Geology and Essentials of Geology.
Department of Geosciences, University of Houston: Geosciences Resources. A selection of resources.
Phillip Ingram, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney: The VIRTUAL EARTH: A Tour of the World Wide Web For Earth Scientists. This annotated site look at the geoscience topic from every angle. Virtual Earth is mirrored at Oxford University.
The Internet Sleuth: Sciences - Earth Sciences. With search engines.
Lycos, Sites by Subject, Science & Technology, Earth Sciences & the Environment
Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). An excellent organized list. Class 500 Science and class 550 Earth Sciences provide access to other meta-indexes.
Bill Thon and Ted Smith, Online Resources for Earth Scientists (ORES): Includes Mineralogy and Mining Hypermedia Resources, as well as a more general page: Resources by Type. These resources include Web pages, gopher, telnet and other sites that are primarily information-oriented. Several of these Web sites are home pages for various organizations. There is also Geology Resources, one of the foremost geoscience indexes.
Pathfinder Siteseeker Search: Earth Sciences. An extensive search index, covering all branches of earth sciences. Every link is briefly explaned and reviewed and marked with stars in an valuation-system. A little bit out of fashion, no reviewed updates anymore.
Portland State University, Science Engineering Library: Geology, selected sources. With indexes of meta-sources.
Telstra Corporation, Australia: Subject/Topic Oriented Hierarchical Search. Links to the most popular and complete Meta-Indexes available on the Internet WWW. Navigate through a topic hierarchy to search for pages covering a particular subject theme.
U.S: Geological Survey in Texas. Partly annotated, comprehensive list.
Ian West, Geology Department, Southampton University: West´s Geology Directory is a large classified directory of numerous annotated geological links. Topics include volcanoes, sedimentology, earth history, mineralogy, structural geology, university courses (geological), diamonds, gold, stratigraphy etc. Rating with one to five stars are given based on both size and content.
Peter Wood, Dept. of Earth Sciences at the University of Manchester: Internet Resources for Earth and Environmental Scientists. Web page gives information about internet resource listings and reviews, guide to the internet for earth and environmental scientists, and internet usuage by earth and environmental scientists - survey results.
YAHOO: Earth
Sciences: Indices, and YAHOO Earth
Sciences. Both sites treat the geoscience topic exhaustively. In Geology and
Geophysics more than 580 links! With search engine.
Annotated Geo Links
Simon Biggs: Fossil Collections of the World. This excellent page is a motherlode of geoscience links, including links to famous fossil sites, collectors and collections.
Bob´s Rock Shop: The Shop´s Link List. This comprehensive index gives access to mineral, fossil and gem merchants and other rockhound-serving internet resource.
European Information Server for Earth Sciences (EISES), Clausthal: Lists of WWW-Servers on earth sciences round the world, and Starting points to an Earth Science Internet Tour. Well organized insight to internet earth science resources.
Engineering Library, Cornell University: Geology Resources on the Internet via ICE.
CoVis, (Learning Through Collaborative Visualization Project), Online Resources: Geology. CoVis is a community of students, teachers and researchers all working together to find new ways to think about and practice science in the classroom.
Charlotte Derksen and Jim O´Donnel: Selected Web Sites for
Geoscientists.
DINO-Online: Geowissenschaften. (In German).
EAR, the Division of Earth Sciences, one of three research divisions in NSF´s Directorate (National Science Foundation) for Geosciences. External Earth Sciences Links
Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN): Geoscience Information Sources. ERIN is a national facility allowing ready access to key information on the Australian environment and is an integral part of supporting requirements for ecologically sustainable management.
Michael T. Garrison: WEBSURFER´S BIWEEKLY EARTH SCIENCES REVIEW, and HOTLINKS SECTION (without annotations).
The Geological Society of America: Recommended On-Line Resources. Resources for educators and students. This list will be updated regularly.
GEOMINE (hosted by: INFO-MINE): Exploration Geoscience. A nice annotated page, organized by subdisciplineare, obvious in the initial state. New stuff, updates or what has been newly added, see: "What´s New?"
Craig S. Casey: GeoStation.com This site was created to make available a wide range of geological and other resources currently found on the World Wide Web that may be of interest to Earth Scientists. Unlike most geological jump stations you will not find links to link lists or multiple links to different pages on the same site.
Svetlana Gofman, United Institute of Geology, Geophysics & Mineralogy, Novosibirsk, Russia: Earth Science Links
Philip Greenspun: Links to other WWW pages added by readers. (Page has been automatically generated).
Institut für Landschaftspflege und Naturschutz, University of Hannover: Informationen zum Thema Geowissenschaften. In German.
Klaus Herrig, Geographisches Institut der Universität Würzburg: Geo-Links. Nicely annotated list, mainly focused in geographic topics, like maps, remote sensing, GIS etc. (In German).
Geotechnology Research Institute Houston, Advanced Research Center: GTRI Internet Links. focused on gas and oil technology.
Russell J. Jacobson (DINO RUSS´s LAIR), Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois: EARTH/GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION ON THE WWW. With table of contents.
Christian Kiesl, Dept. of Geology, University of Hannover, and Lars Giegling, Dept. of Geology, University of Bremen: A Guide through the Jungle of Geology Online. Go to: ... Mineralogy, Crystallography and Petrography.
Peter Krahmer: Geophysik, Wetter und Science- Top- Links (in German).
Ralph L. Kugler´s Home Page - Geological Resources
Reinhold Leinfelder, Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, University of Stuttgart (IGPS): IGPS GEO-LINKS. Partly annotated.
Lycos, Top 5%, Earth Sciences
Magellan (McKinley): Earth Sciences. A gathering place for those who interested in all branches of geosciences. More than 500 briefly reviewed entries; detailed search by search engine.
Martindale´s "The Reference Desk", and CALCULATORS ON-LINE CENTER. A huge index of useful tools. Specifically see: Geoscience.
Mike´s Earth Science Web Pointers. A well-organized and very comprehensive annotated links page.
The National Association of Geoscience Teachers: NAGT Geosciences Web Index, and the Resources Index, briefly annotated and in alphabetical order.
Nerd World Media: Earth Sciene. With search engine.
Daniele L. Pinti, Graduate School of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan: Earth Science Resources.
Frank Potter´s Science Gems: Earth Science II. See Land & Geology, and Resources - Energy, Minerals...
Kathleen Schrock´s Guide for Educators: Earth, Geology, Geography, & Oceanography Sites. Kathy Schrock´s Guide for Educators is a classified list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. Updated daily.
SCIENCE POWER 2000: Earth Science
sharelook.de (a German index): Geowissenschaften
Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City: Geologic Web Sites
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences (EOS), University of British Columbia, Vancouver: WWW links
Geological Sciences Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Yogi´s Rock Links
David Waters, University Lecturer in Metamorphic Petrology: Personal Homepage. Explore the "DJW´s Pages of Useful Links", e.g. DJW Earth Science WWW Resources, DJW Metamorphic petrology and related "hard-rock" topics. DJW Mineralogy, the DJW Teaching Resources for Earth Science, and the DJW Mystery Tour, diverting earth science links. Excellent!
web.de: Geowissenschaften. List of German Geoscience institutions and projects.
WebDirectory: Science:Geology. WebDirectory is one of the largest, most comprehensive directory on the Web, chiefly environmental subjects. With search engine.
Lennart Widmark, Sweden: LW´s Geo Site. The first geological site in Sweden.
James Whitehead and Jürgen Kraus, Department of Geology, University of New Brunswick: WWW Geology Resources.
Yahoo Germany, Naturwissenschaft und Technik: Geowissenschaften. In German.
Your Personal Net (YPN), Big Yellow Education: Earth Science
Geo Links without Annotations
Aleta´s
Geology Links
ATHENA, Switzerland: ATHENA Mineralogy
Geoscience Information Group, Bristol: Some starting points for Geo-Web
exploration
Virtual Library, from Calgary: Earth Sciences Resources.
Includes software, network resources and other WWW indices/collections.
Department of Earth Sciences at Cardiff:
Other Earth Science Resources on the Internet (The Virtal Library). Mainly geoscience
organisations and projects.
M.D.Cohan, GeoScience Books, Montana: Links to GeoScience resources
Center for Scientific Computing (CSC), Finland: What´s new at CSC Earth Science
Topics
Hugues Dufumier, Istituto di Geodesia e Geofisica, Trieste, Italia: Become a Surfer in
CyberGeophysics.
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Inst. für Mineralogie: Geowissenschaftlich interessante
WWW-Server.
EINet Galaxy: Geosciences.
Stan Chernicoff & Ramesh Venkatakrishnan, Geologylink (Worth Publishers): Geology and Essentials of Geology. This site is
pleased to present a public forum for all matters geological.
The Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hotlist: Geology. Recommended sites by
category.
Yulerette Gordon, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo: UW Resources of Interest to
Earth Sciences
Geochemical Institute Göttingen
Department of Geology and Palaeontology at the Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg:
Earth Sciences Links
in Germany, and World
wide Earth Sciences Links.
Dept. of Geology, University of Illinois: Geosciences Data Center. Many
links to useful NASA, EOS and related server.
Eduardo Jawerbaum, Buenos Aires: The Links I Like
KIGAM, The Korea Institute of Geology, Mining and Materials: GIS World's BEST of the NET, 1996
Kilburn Earth Science
Index
LookSmart: Earth
Science.
MAD Scientist Network: MadSci
Library provide access to other science sites and resources on the WWW including links
to other "Ask-A-Scientist" sites.
Gareth Mills: GeoWeb
The Mineralogical Association of Canada: Geoscience Links
Hope Nesmith, Department of Geology, University of Newcastle NSW, Australia: Some links to sites of
geological interest
US Dept of Commerce/NOAA/NGDC/World Data Center A-MGG: Marine Geology &
Geophysics
Dept. of Geosciences, North Dakota
State University
NORWEGIAN ROCKHOUND
PaleoNet (created by N. MacLeod): Places To Go
Herwig Peresson and Kurt Decker, Vienna: Slicco's GEOLinks
sci.geo. petroleum: Internet Resources
Department of Geology, University of Pretoria: Geology Links.
Purely Academic: Geology
SciCentral, Earth & Space
Sciences: Geology. A metadirectory
created for scientists and engineers by colleagues. Currently, the comprehensive
directories selected by SciCentral constitute a gateway to over 50,000 scientific sites.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library, OCEANOGRAPHY on the NET: GEOLOGY & OTHER EARTH
SCIENCE
Rune S. Selbekk, University of Tromsø: Geology Links.
Anurag Sharma, Department of Earth Sciences, State University of New York at
Oswego: THE GEO-SCIENCE PAGE "Yummy
Rocks"
SEPM, the Society for Sedimentary:
Geology
Dorothy L. Stout, Cypress College, Cypress CA: "DAVID LETTERMAN´S TOP 10 GOOD &
USEFUL GEOLOGY LINK´S"
Manabu Tanahashi: Geology and Geophysics
Resources on the Internet
Tasa Graphic Arts: Minerals on the Internet
Department of Earth Sciences, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville,
Australia: World Wide Web
Connections
The Ultimate Links Page (Aberdeen University): Earth Sciences Resources. This page
contains a variety of about 200 links for geographical and geological resource use.
U.S. Geological Survey: Science on the Internet, and
Mineral Links, and Earth and Environmental
Science
Virtual Library: Geophysics
Dan Walker: dwalker@geology.ubc.ca´s
Bookmarks
Web Crawler, Science: Geology
Kai Widmann, Virtual Library, TU Karlsruhe: Geowissenschaften
(ohne Geographie). Index of German Geoscience Institutions, sorted by keywords and
cities.
Department of Geology &
Geophysics, University of Wisconsin
YAHOO Canada, Science: Earth
Sciences and Geology and
Geophysics. Currently 709 entries.
Yahoo, UK & Ireland, Science: Earth Sciences
YamWeb Navigator, TAIWAN / Natural Sciences: Geology (obviously under
construction). With search engine.
Yanoff´s Internet Services: GEOPHYSICAL/GEOGRAPHICAL/GEOLOGICAL
Yaoguo Li - Useful Links
Meta-Indexes
Mineralogical Society of America: Job
Information for MSA Members
Science Guide: Job and Position
Sources. Geology and
Geography Jobs
Academia: Positions in
Geology
GIS
Stellenangebote
Hugues Dufumier, Istituto di Geodesia e Geofisica, Trieste, Italia: Job & PostDoc Hunting on the
Web. Eccellent!
Geology & Cartography Division, Oxford Brookes University: Geological and Related Job
Information
John W. Hopkins: Links
for Earth Science and Other Job Hunters
Job links collected by Palaeontology
Würzburg
Links to help the
Spectroscopist find employment
Job, Grant, Fellowship and
Internship Announcements
University of Minnesota: Academic Position
Network (APN)
JobHunt
Internet Job Surfer
The Ruth H. Hooker Research Library: Job Link
Index
web.de: Arbeitsvermittlung.
(In German).
accelcom: Stellenmarkt
FOCUS. Go to: "Job & Karriere."
TU Berlin: Jobs
Cip-Pool, Department of Physics, University at Würzburg: Job Links
BRITNET: Jobs
Internationales Management Institut der Export-Akademie Baden-Württemberg: fimtastic
Job-Links. (In German).
Die Zeit: (Go to
"Stellenmarkt" and "Internet-Stellenmärkte für AkademikerInnen").
FH Konstanz: Stellengesuche/Stellenangebote
in Zeitungen
FH Konstanz: Stellengesuche/Stellenangebote
in den Newsgroups
Out of competition, but an interesting insight: CAREERS IN GEOSCIENCE
(Canada).
Others (often focused on Germany)
The American Crystallographic Association (ACA): ACA Jobs and Ends.
Academia
Universität Bremen: HochschulabsolventInnen
bewerben sich im World Wide Web. (In German).
CareerSite: Find a job
Channel one
Cornell University: 3.2. Jobs in Earth
Sciences
Chronicle of Higher Education: Academe This Week
An initiative of the Delft Organisation for Geophysics Students, after an idea of J.T. Fokkema: DOGS´ Careerpage for Geoscience Students. The object of this page is to be a connection between geoscience students and employers with job opportunities.
Universität Duisburg: Stellenangebote für Wissenschaftler
Earthworks. A
register of positions in oil/gas exploration and other geoscience positions.
Geowissenschaften, Univ. Bremen: Job
Angebote
EJGE Magazine, World Wide Web of Geotechnical Engineers: Geotechnical Positions Available
Jobs at Friends of the Earth!
GEOSCI-JOBS
Geoweb: Jobs for GeoScience/Technology
Informationsdienst Wissenschaft -
Wirtschaft - Politik (WWP)
Jobs & adverts. Deemed as the leading
German jobmarket in the Internet (Magellan Internet Guide).
Kevin Savetz Publishing, The Unofficial Internet Book List: Finding a job
Universität Mannheim: Praktikantenstellenbörse
Nature: International
Science Jobs
NASA: Position Announcements
Science: Recruitment
Advertisements
Assistenten- und Doktoranden-Vereinigungen der ETH Zürich (AVETH) und Lausanne
(ACIDE): Telejob
IQanzeigenmarkt
Stellenboerse
Wirtschaftsforum
Verlag Rommerskirchen: Stellenangebote/Stellengesuche
COMPUTERWOCHE: Karriere Online
Hightext: Multimedia-Stellenmarkt
Ziff-Davis (ZDNet) and Interactive Search (I-Search): JobEngine. Ziff-Davis teamed up to provide the
premier matchmaking site for applicants and employers.
RWTH Aachen: Graduiertenkollegs im World Wide Web (in German).
The Applicant Support Network The Applicant Support Network helps you craft the most effective application possible for graduate and undergraduate schools.
Australia´s Careers OnLine.
Campus International, the international internships homepage. Campus International is
the site that brings students and companies together. Students can either search for
foreign internships or find private accomodations in student´s homes worldwide.
Office of Career Services, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg: The Catapult. See the graduate survey.
Gradlink. Gradlink is an interactive system linking university graduates throughout Australia with potential employers.
JobWeb. The web service of the American National Association of Colleges and Employers.
Uni Mainz, Graduiertenkolleg: "Stoffbestand und Entwicklung von Kruste und Mantel" (in German).
MTNet: Advertisements Page
Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University: GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES 1996-1997
The Mineralogical Association of Canada: Graduate Research Opportunties. The Mineralogical Association of Canada offers a site of links to current graduate student research projects. These research projects will be listed for one month or until the potential advisor would like the posting removed.
University of Northumbria at Newcastle: Careers Guidance Studies.
PROSPECTS WEB. The site for finding out about graduate employers and vacancies, postgraduate study and for help with choosing a career. More than 4500 research opportunites and over 9000 taught courses! Go to: Postgraduate Study>Pure Science>Earth Science.
YAHOO: Education:Distance Learning:Colleges and Universities:
Graduate Programs, and Education:Higher Education: Graduate
Education, and Science:Engineering:Education:Distance Education: Graduate
Programs.
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Links for Mineralogists: Table of Contents
KNOWLEDGE 1: Links for Mineralogists
KNOWLEDGE 2: Links for Mineralogists
TOOLS 1: Links for Mineralogists
TOOLS 2: Links for Mineralogists
TOOLS 3: Links for Mineralogists
CONTACT 1: Links for Mineralogists
CONTACT 2: Links for Mineralogists