Selected Geology Links & Resources
Selected geology links and learning resources: databases, maps, mineral collections and educational sites.
- Aster Spectral Library
- Athena Mineral Database
- Atlas of Igneous & Metamorphic rocks and their textures (link no longer available)
- Dana Classification of Minerals
- Data Metallogenica
- Dictionary of Mining, Mineral and Related Terms (InfoMine)
- Encyclopedia of the Earth (link no longer available)
- Fluid & Melt Inclusions
- Geochemical Earth Reference Model
- Geochemistry of Igenous Rocks (Geokem)
- Geochemistry of Rocks (Georoc)
- Geology Dictionary (Geology.com)
- Geology Glossary (USGS)
- Geology Glossary (AGI) (link no longer available)
- Geology Glossary / Dictionary of terms (link no longer available)
- Geology Glossary (ISGS) (link no longer available)
- Geology Glossary (Cengage Learning)
- Geology Glossary (UCMP)
- Glossary of Mining Terms
- Geological Software (U. Mainz links) (link no longer available)
- Geologic Time Scale (GSA) (link no longer available)
- Geophysical Prospecting Methods (Zonge) (link no longer available)
- Georef Preview Database (link no longer available)
- Handbook of Mineralogy (MSA) (link no longer available)
- International Stratigraphic Chart (link no longer available)
- Introduction to Geophysical Exploration (Kearey et al.) (link no longer available)
- Jon Claerbout’s Classroom (Geophysics)
- Polarising Microscopes
- Metamorphic Rocks Site (L.Fichter)
- Microscopy and Mineral Images
- Mindat – Mineral & Locality Database
- Mineral Identification Key (MSA)
- Mineral Structure Data (U.Colorado)
- Mineral Web (3D mineral structures)
- Mineralogy Database
- Mineralpedia
- Minerals under the Microscope
- Myrmekite and Metasomatic Granite
- Nomenclature of Minerals
- Online Geology Databases (GeologyNet) (link no longer available)
- Online Mineral Museum of John Betts
- Paleontology Database
- Paleontology Information (Palaeos.com)
- Paleontology Portal
- Periodic Table on the Web
- Phanerozoic Time Chart (BGS) (link no longer available)
- Plate Tectonic Reconstructions (link no longer available)
- Remote Sensing Tutorial (NASA)
- Rob’s Granite Page (link no longer available)
- Rock Identification Key (D.Peck)
- SEPM Sequence Stratigraphy Web
- Skarns and skarn deposits
- Smithsonian Institution
- Structural Geology Basics (Leeds)
- Structural Geology Slides (Keck)
- Structural Geology Website
- Suggestions to Authors of Reports (USGS)
- SME Virtual atlas of opaque and ore minerals (link no longer available)
- Thin Sections Tutorial (link no longer available)
- U.S. Geological Survey
- USGS – Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data (link no longer available)
- USGS Glossary of Volcanic Terminology (link no longer available)
- USGS Photo Glossary of Volcanic Terms
- Virtual Microscope
- Volcano Information Center (VIC)
- Yuprocks (mineral/rock photography)
- Site with extensive links – Mineralogy & Petrology Research in the web
- Site with extensive links – Science and Technology Resources on the Internet
- Site with extensive links – GeologyNet Weblinks (link no longer available)
- Site with extensive Geochemistry links (Cornell) (link no longer available)