Links

Artisans/Artists:

Lawrence Stoller (CRYSTALWORKS)

Blogs:

Eclectic Arcania (written by Krissa Klein & Kim Patrick Noyes)

Gem Shows (written by Robyn Hawk)

ROCKHOUNDBLOG (written by Gary)

Tucson Gem Show - Live! (written by Robyn Hawk)

Businesses:

Dad's Rock Shop (Mojave Valley, AZ)

Halpin's Rocks (owned by Ben & Eileen Halpin of Chico, CA)

K& K Earthwerks Store (owned by Kim Patrick Noyes, Atascadero, CA)

Kristalle (Laguna Beach)

Mineral of the Month Club (owned by Richard Sittinger, Cambria, CA)

Peregrine Rocks & Trading Post (owned by Dean Welder, Santa Cruz, CA)

Tops A Rock Shop (San Juan Bautista)

Wonders of the World (Santa Monica)

Clubs:

California Federation of Minerological Societies (rockhounding club umbrella group)

Carmel Valley Gem & Mineral Society (representing the Monterey area and Northern Monterey County)

Orcutt Mineral Society (representing the Santa Maria Valley & Northern Santa Barbara County)

Salinas Valley Rock & Gem Club (representing the Salinas Valley & Monterey County)

Santa Lucia Rockhounds (representing Northern San Luis Obispo County & Southern Monterey County)

Santa Cruz Gem & Mineral Society (representing Santa Cruz County)

Fee Collecting Locales:

California State Gem Mine(San Benito Co.)

Himalaya Mine (San Diego Co.)

Ocean View Mine (San Diego Co.)

Museums:

Buena Vista Museum of Natural History (in Bakersfield)

California State Mineral & Mining Museum (in Mariposa)

Desert Discovery Center (Barstow)

Exploratorium (San Francisco)

Morro Bay Museum of Natural History

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Natural History Museum of Santa Maria

Page Museum (La Brea Tarpits)

Paso Robles Pioneer Museum

R.C. Baker Memorial Museum (Coalinga)

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

Publications:

Bob's Rock Shop (rockhound "zine")

Lapidary Journal

Rock & Gem Magazine

Rocks & Minerals Magazine

The-Vug.com

Research:

Mindat.org

Yahoo Groups:

California Disasters

CaliforniasEarthquakeForum

Central Coast Rockhounds

Geology2

Gold Country Rocks

Happy Hikers and Bikers

LA-Rocks

Minerals for Sale

NorCal-Rocks

North_Coast_Rockhounds

Rock_Collecting_And_Field_Trips

San Joaquin Lapidary Valley Society

---Last updated on March 8, 2010