Chapter 11 – Earth Materials
The Mineral Gallery. An extensive list of minerals with photographs and their
characteristics.
http://mineral.galleries.com/
Collectors Corner. A useful guide from the Mineralogical Society of America to guide
people in collecting their own rocks and minerals.
http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/index.htm
Mineral Information Institute. An extensive site with educational programs for schools on
the role of mineral industries.
http://www.mii.org/
Clickable Rock Cycle. A useful hypertext diagram of the rock cycle that helps explain the
transformations between rocks.
http://www.science.ubc.ca/~geol202/rock_cycle/rockcycle.html
Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary Rocks. A general review on the topic of rock
types and characteristics.
http://www.science.ubc.ca/~geol202/petrology/rock.html
Eldfell, Heimaey Volcano Page from Volcano World. An important case study of a
volcanic eruption in Iceland.
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/europe_west_asia/heimaey/heimaey.
html
The Burgess Shale: a hidden treasure in the Canadian Rockies. An important example
of a fossil-rich strata with ancient animals.
http://park.org/Canada/Museum/burgessshale/titlen.html
Fossils, Rocks and Time (USGS). A general introduction to fossils and the geological
time scale from the US Geological Survey.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/
Oil on my Shoes – the basics of petroleum geology. A basic introduction to the subject of
mineral hydrocarbons.
http://www.abix.com/
Metamorphic Rock Identification. A guide to the characteristics and qualities of different
types of metamorphic rocks.
http://geology.csupomona.edu/alert/metamorphic/metarxs.htm
A Geologists Lifetime Field List. A really interesting list of all the places that geologists
find so fascinating.
http://www.uc.edu/geology/geologylist/
On-line General Geology Course from California State University at Long Beach
http://seis.natsci.csulb.edu/basicgeo/102intro.html
Geology by Light Plane – Professor Louis Maher, Jr. provides a selection of the images
he has taken from the air to show a variety of geologic features and landforms
http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~maher/air.html