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Mineral, Mining and Geological Information

"British Geological Survey" www.bgs.ac.uk The premier source for maps and information on all aspects of British geology.

"Geopolis" www.geopolis-fr.com Geopolis is an extensive and well maintained French site on minerals, fossils, and geology, dedicated to bringing all facets of the geological world together for both professional and amateur.

"Killhope North of England Lead Mining Museum" www.durham.gov.uk/killhope Killhope is a working reconstruction of a Weardale lead mine, and offers an excellent look at both 19th century mining technology, and the lives of the miners.

"Le Regne Mineral" www.LeRegneMineral.fr Revue francaise de mineralogie. An excellently produced journal, including much information on French fluorite localities, and occassionally English as well.

"Minerals of Scotland" www.curriehj.freeserve.co.uk British collector Hal Currie maintains an informative site on the minerals of Scotland and Northern England.

"Minerals of South West England" www.minerals.f9.co.uk Mick Spencer has an informative site on the mines, mining history and minerals of Devon and Cornwall.

"MineralTown.Com" www.mineraltown.com A Spanish portal site for mineral collectors featuring articles, educational information, photos galleries, trade zone, games, links, forum as well as an own search engine and directory of web sites about fossils, gems, rocks and minerals. In English, Catalan and Castellan.

"The Mineral Webzine" www.www.chez.com/mineralzine An on-line magazine for mineral collectors with short articles on locations, along with media reviews and show information. In French and English.

"Mining History Network" www.ex.ac.uk/~RBurt/MinHistNet Professor Roger Burt of the University of Exeter maintains a site with extensive links to mining history organizations, including several in the UK.

"Sainte-Marie aux Mines" www.euromineral.net Now known as "Euro-Mineral", the Sainte-Marie aux Mines mineral show is held in the Alsace region of France every year in late June, and is one of the premier European mineral shows. Along with an excellent show, Alsace offers much good food, wine, and beautiful scenery. All mineral collectors should attend this show!

"Spathfluor.com" www.spathfluor.com French author and collector Etienne Guillou has an extensive and informative site on the Valzergues and other fluorite mines of France. Many of these localities are little known outside of France, and have produced excellent specimens. In French and English.

"The Vug" www.The-Vug.com "The portal to all things rock and mineral on the web." A well organized site with links to hundreds of mineralogically interesting websites.

"The UK Journal of Mines and Minerals" www.ukjmm.co.uk An excellent quality, full color journal published irregularly, covering the occurrence and history of mineralogy in the British Isles.

On-Line Mineral Dealers

"E-Rocks" www.e-rocks.com E-Rocks is a multi-dealer auction and retail mineral website run by Mark Wrigley of Thames Valley Minerals. The roster of participating dealers is international and a wide variety of mineral from both classic and modern localities can often be found.

"Key's Mineral Collection" www.keysminerals.com World-travelling mineral dealers Kiyoshi Kiikuni has a very nice site with minerals for sale and reports of their recent travels. If you don't read Japanese you can always enjoy the photos and English captions, he is an excellent mineral photographer.

"Trinity Minerals" www.trinityminerals.com John Veevaert is one of the premier internet mineral dealers and a pioneer of "real-time" on-line reporting from the major mineral shows. Even if you make the shows, his reporting is a must read. He is a long-time supporter of UK Mininig Ventures, and always has a good selection of recent finds, as well as rare stuff.

"Thames Valley Minerals" www.thamesvalleyminerals.com UK Dealer Mark Wrigley offers a wide selection of world-wide mineral specimens, including fluorites from many UK localities through his well-designed website.

"SpathFluor Minerals" www.spathfluorminerals.com French author and collector Etienne Guillou also has a mineral sales site specializing in, but not limited to fluorite. The site is well designed and he offers many specimens from the various fluorite mines in France. He is also the French representative for the Rogerley Mine. In French and English.

"Asturias Minerals" www.asturmineral.com Jose Ramon Garcia is a long-time collector and expert on the mines and minerals of the Asturias province in northern Spain. He now has a website offering fluorite and other minerals from this famous region for sale. In recent years this area has been the source of marvelous fluorite specimens and for most of us, this is as close to the source as we are likely to get. Website is in English, French, German and Spanish.

"Fluorites.com" www.fluorites.com French collector Raoul Konanz has an attractive website featuring specimens for sale, as well as his extensive world-wide fluorite collection.

Other Interesting Stuff

"English to American Dictonary" www.english2american.com If you think we all speak the same language just because we call it English, check this one out.

"Lateral Science" www.lateralscience.co.uk Roger Curry has a very interesting and entertaining website based around some of the more unusual highlights of Victorian-era scientific endevour.

"The Northeast England History Pages" www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk/index.htm A very interesting and thorough site on the history and culture of Northeast England. It even offers a "Geordie" dictionary, which could be quite handy for first-time visitors.

"The Sheep Game" www.sheepgame.co.uk For a "virtual" dales experience, try hearding sheep with your mouse instead of a border collie.