Links

Some websites that may be of interest:

Newsletter Links - websites mentioned in our newsletter

April 2010

websites for kids - learn all about earthquakes!

earthquake.usgs.gov; http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/xword.html;

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/earthqu.html

One HUGE diamond! http://www.petradiamonds.com/im/gallery.php

March 2010

websites for kids -

www.KidsKnowIt.com; www.dltk.com/crafts/space/moon.html;

www.kidsgeo.com/geology-games/rocks-game.php

NC Museum of Natural Sciences Special Exhibit - Megalodon - http://naturalsciences.org/exhibits

January 2010:

Zoom in on a specific area of interest then check out the rock type. For S.C.: http://mrdata.usgs.gov/sgmc/sc.html, For Georgia: http://mrdata.usgs.gov/sgmc/ga.html

Bob Campbell Geology Musem - http://www.clemson.edu/geomuseum

Gemstones - Collector/Specialty http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/gemstones/sp14-95/specialty.html

For the Kids: San Diego Natural History Museum, mineral games and quizzes http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/minerals/games/index.html; and Rock Recipes http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/curriculum/MISmart/rocks/edible.html

Programs - websites associated with a particular presentation

www.heritagegoldmine.com - The Heritage Gold Mine in McCormick, SC was one of the sites discussed in the March 2008 meeting presented by Buddy Applewhite.

Workshops at William Holland and Wildacres:

http://www.lapidaryschool.org/ - William Holland School of Lapidary Arts. Additional information and general description of the program is available from the Southeast Federation of Minerological Societies, http://www.amfed.org/efmls/wildacres.htm

Information on Wildacres is available from the Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies at http://www.amfed.org/efmls/wildacres.htm, and also at

http://www.kathylmorris.com/Wildacres/index

Rock and Lapidary Shops

A directory of Rock and Lapidary shops in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. www.aikengmfs.org/Rock_Lapidary_Shops.pdf

The Augusta Club

Our friends across the river - Augusta Gem and Mineral Society

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