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EARTH SCIENCES RESOURCES

(Not regularly maintained because of ceaseless changes in url's)

MINERALOGY
Cristamine at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, E
Mineral Spectroscopy Server at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
Minerals under the microscope at the University of Bristol, UK
Optical mineralogy at the University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
Rice Mineralogy & Mineral Optics, USA
Minerales de España Minerals from Spain: specimen-oriented mineralogy, at Zazagoza, E
Phosphate minerals of Victoria, Australia

DATABASES
Barthelmy Mineralogy database, USA
Mineralienatlas Mineral databases
Mindat Mineral databases
MinMax Mineralien-Informations-System, D

ORE DEPOSITS
Ore Deposits Ore Deposits at Geneva University, CH
Ore Deposits Ore Deposits Introductory Course / Gîtes Métallifères, Geneva, CH
Ore Microscopy Introduction to Ore Microscopy, Geneva, CH
IAEG Irish Association for Economic Geology
IAGOD International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits
Mackay School of Mines, Reno, NV, USA
ODEX Stanford Ore Deposits EXploration research group, USA
PGM Oxygenated PGM, at ULB, Bruxelles, B
SEG The Society of Economic Geologists
SGA Society for Geology applied to Mineral Deposits
SGA SGA Newsletter
SME Virtual Atlas of Opaque and Ore Minerals in their Association
USGS Mineral Resources Program, USA
Infomine Mining information site
Mining Technology Mining industry

MINERAL LOCALITIES
Bingham Utah, USA
Franklin The minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, NJ, USA
Lengenbach VFL Lengenbach, at NHMB, CH

UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTES
ELSTE Ecole Lémanique des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Environnement, CH
Genève Department of Geology and Paleontology, Geneva, CH
Genève Earth Sciences at the University of Geneva, CH
Genève Department of Mineralogy at the University of Geneva, CH
Institut Forel F.-A. Forel Institute: limnology, environmental geochemistry, ecotoxicology and quaternary geology, Geneva, CH
Fribourg Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography at the University of Fribourg, CH
GEOforumCH Information on Earth Sciences in Switzerland, CH
Neuchâtel Geological Institute of the University of Neuchâtel, CH
Zürich Earth Sciences at the ETH (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule) - Zürich, CH
Bergakademie Technischen Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, D
BRGM Bureau des Recherches Géologiques et minières, F
ENSMP Ecole des mines, Paris, F
European Geosciences University Departments, Uni. Mainz, D
Nasa Earth from Space - including earth landscapes, geological features, mines, etc.; USA
USGS United States Geological Survey, USA

JOURNALS AND SOCIETIES
Geosciences Geoscience Societies, Uni. Mainz, D
Geosciences Geoscience Journals, Uni. Mainz, D
Geosciences Geological Surveys, Uni. Mainz, D
SGG - SGS Schweizerische Geologische Gesellschaft, Swiss Geological Society
I.M.A. International Mineralogical association
IUGS International Union of Geological Sciences
EMU European Mineralogical Union
GTK Geologian tutkimuskeskus. Geological Survey of Finland
EJM European Journal of Mineralogy
Elsevier Netherlands
Geodynamics Journal of Geodynamics
Geophysics Journal of Applied Geophysics
JMG Journal of Metamorphic Geology, University of Bristol, UK
Lithos Netherlands
Mineralium Deposita Springer, Berlin and Heidelberg, D
MSA American Mineralogist, USA
MSA The Mineralogical Society of America, USA
RAS Rossiiskaja Akademia Nauk (Russian Academy of Sciences)
RMS The Russian Mineralogical Society
SEG The Society of Economic Geologists
SGA Society for Geology applied to Ore Deposits
SGA Society for Geology applied to Mineral Deposits
SGA SGA Newsletter
SME Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploratio
Springer Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, D
Structural Geology Journal of Structural Geology
SVSMF Schweizerische Vereinigung der Strahler Mineralien- und Fossiliensammler
Volcanology Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
ASCMF Association Suisse des Cristalliers, collectionneurs de Minéraux et Fossiles
Lapis Mineralien Magazin, München, D
Le Règne Minéral France
Mineral News Monthly newsletter for the mineral collector
MR The Mineralogical Record, Tucson, AZ, USA
National Geographic National Geographic Society & Magazine
RMI Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, Gruppo Mineralogico Lombardo, I

MUSEUMS
ENSMP Musée de minéralogie, Ecole des mines, Paris, F
Fersman Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow, Russia
MHNG Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève, département de minéralogie, CH
MOV Mineralogy and Petrology Section Museum of Victoria, AU
NHM Natural History Museum, London, UK
NHMB Mineralogy and Petrography at Naturhistorisches Museum Bern, CH
UCMP The Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, USA
WMHN The Worldwide Museum of Natural History

LINKS FOR GEOWEB EXPLORATION
GEOforumCH Information on Earth Sciences in Switzerland, CH
Geosciences European Geoscience University Departments, Uni. Mainz, D
Geosciences Non-European Geoscience University Departments, Uni. Mainz, D
Geology Vsse o Geologii. Neofitsialnii server geologicheskovo fakulteta MGU, Russia
Georef Access to references to articles, books, maps, theses, etc.
UNIGE Access to publications at SSTE, University of Geneva
UNIGE Access to bibliographical resources at SST, University of Geneva
WOS Web of Knowledge (ISI)
Bristol Some starting points for Geo-Web exploration, Uni. Bristol, GB
Dayton Mineralogy and Petrology Research on the Web, USA
IUGS International Union of Geological Sciences
UH Geoscience Course Resources, Houston,Texas, USA
UNESCO UNESCO's Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences
IEM WWW Resources at IEM, RU
Oxford Links to Mineralogy resources, Oxford, GB
Stanford Link to Mineralogy resources, Stanford, CA, USA

GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
CREALP Centre de Recherche sur l'Environnement alpin, Sion, VS, CH
Edinburgh School og Geosciences, Edinburgh, GB
PSU Penn State's Structural Geology Class Notes, PA, USA
UCMP Web Geological Time Machine, Berkeley, CA, USA
UNC Atlas of Igneous, Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals and Textures

NATURAL HAZARDS AND VOLCANOLOGY
NHMG CERG. Assessment and Management of Geological Risk. University of Geneva, CH
EOST Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre de Strasbourg, F

PALEONTOLOGY
Dinobase Dinosaur Database, Bristol, GB
Palaeovegetation review and Atlas of Palaeovegetation, Soton, GB

CHEMISTRY
Chemdex International directory of chemistry, University of Sheffield, UK
Chemicalregister Chemical products manufacturers
Freepatentsonline Chemical patents

X RAYS AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
IUCr International Union of Crystallography
Cristamine at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, E
ICDD International Centre for Diffraction Data, USA
MinCryst Information-Calculating System on Crystal Structure Data for Minerals, RU
MSA Crystal Structure Database, USA
ALB Crystallography, Le Mans, F

JOBS
Genève Open positions, Geneva University, CH
Earthworks Database of career opportunities, UK.
Telejob The electronic job exchange board of the associations of assistants and doctoral students of the technological institutes of Zurich (AVETH) and Lausanne (ACIDE)
Nobel e-Museum The Nobel laureates, S.

SOFTWARE
SSEC The SSEC Visualization Project, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

OTHER SITES
AFM Association Française de Microminéralogie, F
Amethyst Galleries The Mineral Gallery
AMFED American Federation of Mineralogical Societies, USA
Dakotamatrix with Mineral photo database, USA
Bob's Rock Shop A list of sites related to Earth sciences, USA
MKA Mineral Collectors Page, Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen, B
NAGS Norske Amatørgeologers Sammensluttning, N
Trinity Mineral Mineral pictures, CA, USA