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FREE Gemology course.....some interesting information on this site.

Interesting sites....
This first site is great fun as well as informative. Provides good information plus some humor.
Each element has a 4-6 minute video attached with some interesting experiments shown.










Beautiful pottery made from oceanic seafloor sediment
The Soft Earth



World's Largest Amythest geode..."The Empress"

The manufacturing of Ancient Stone beads  (from ancientbead.com)

40 Common Minerals with links to detailed information!
Thanks to Danielle from Ms. Gardener's class from the Mesa Valley School District in Colorado
for this one!

FLINT...lots of good information and images...

USGS report on
Yosemite Rockfalls

Igneous Rock Classification Diagrams
By Andrew Alden, About.com Guide


The Mohs Scale               How to Look at a Rock


Great tounge-in-cheek article about chalk. Chalk is weird!

Tiger-eye
Great site with pictures of many different varieties
of this beautiful  material
Tiger Eye information

Looking for amazing mineral specimens? This is the site to visit!!
http://www.spiriferminerals.com/
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To associate persons of the Palm Beach area of Florida who are
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gathering, cutting,displaying, and studying of rocks, shells, artifacts, and
organization to promote community interest in these objects.

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