Rockhound Resources
Photo by Denise Harrison & John Marshall
Photo above: The view looking East from the Pittock Mansion in Portland's West Hills
to Mt. Hood standing above the Cascade Range. It is this volcanic nature of the Pacific Northwest that gives the region so many Rockhound wonders such as Thundereggs,
Petrified Wood, and Fossils!
These are some of our favorite sites to learn more about
geology, earth science, rockhounding,
minerals, lapidary, and jewelry.
Rockhound Resources
Fundamentals of Rocks and Minerals - Study.com
Geoscience News and Information
List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones
Mineralab - Tools for Gem & Mineral ID
Nature’s Rainbows Fluorescent Mineral
Rice Museum of Rocks & Minerals Virtual Tour
Rock & Gem Magazine Rock Show List USA/Canada/Australia
Smithsonian - Search Dep. of Mineral Sciences Collections
Smithsonian - Search Dept. of Paleobiology Collections
The Beginner’s Guide to Backyard Geology
USGS Cascade Volcano Observatories
Museums
Mineral Museums - US and International
Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals
Rice Museum of Rocks & Minerals Virtual Tour
Rock Clubs (List by Distance)
Oregon Agate & Mineral Society
Columbia Willamette Faceters Guild
NARG – North American Research Group
Tualatin Valley Rock and Gem Club
Geological Society of the Oregon Country
Willamette Agate & Mineral Society
AFMS Clubs, Societies, Schools, and Organizations
Rock & Gem Magazine - USA Club List
Facebook Educational Groups & Pages
Agate Collectors Worldwide Group
Fluorescent Mineral Society Group
Lapidary Equipment Marketplace Group
Mineral Specimen Cleaning and Preparation Group
Mineral Specimen Identification Room
Microphotography Geology/Mineral Group
Petrified Wood Collectors Worldwide Group
YouTube
Assembling Oregon Geology: Oregon's Physiographic Provinces
Flood Basalts of the Pacific Northwest
Geology of Death Valley by Andrew Dunning
Geology by Nick Zentner in Ellensburg, WA
Ghost Volcanoes in the Cascades
Highland Park Lapidary Equipment How to fix and maintain your equipment.
IRIS Earthquake Science Channel
Molalla River Corridor Geology by Bob Oblack
Molalla Geology Part 2 by Bob Oblack
Mt. St. Helens lecture by Sheila Alfsen
Plant Fossils in the Pacific Northwest
Supervolcanoes in the Pacific Northwest
Thunder Egg - OPB - Richardson's Ranch
Geology 101 Course - YouTube
Nick Zentner - Central Washington University
GEOL 101 - #2 - Relative Age Dating
GEOL 101 - #3 - Absolute Age Dating
GEOL 101 - #4 - Rocks of North America
GEOL 101 - #5 - Metamorphic Rocks
GEOL 101 - #6 - Yakima River Canyon
GEOL 101 - #8 - Global Climate History
GEOL 101 - #9 - Glacial Landforms
GEOL 101 - #10 - Ice Age Floods I
GEOL 101 - #11 - Ice Age Floods II
GEOL 101 - #12 - Faults and Folds
GEOL 101 - #13 - Earth Interior
GEOL 101 - #14 - Sea Floor Spreading
GEOL 101 - #15 - Plate Boundaries
GEOL 101 - #17 - Magmas & Igneous Rocks
GEOL 101 - #18 - Styles of Volcanoes
GEOL 101 - #19 - Nisqually Earthquake
GEOL 101 - #20 - Seattle Fault
GEOL 101 - #21 - Cascadia Earthquakes ( Pending link )
GEOL 101 - #22 - Sumatra & Japan Tsunami ( Pending link )
GEOL 101 - #23 - Farallon Plate History ( Pending link )
GEOL 101 - #24 - Columbia River Basalt Field Data ( Pending link )
GEOL 101 - #25 - Columbia River Basalt Interpretations ( Pending link )
GEOL 101 - #26 - Cascade Range ( Pending link )
Links for Junior Rockhound's
YouTube Videos for Junior Rockhounds
Last update 2-11-2021
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