Listing of Selected WWW sites

Request additions or send comments to Steve Chipera at chipera@lanl.gov   Updated 25-FEB-2003

Current WWW Categories:

Societies and Organizations

Clay and Soil Organizations

• ANTAS Molecular Modeling Research Group Application of molecular modeling to soil and clay chemistry
• AIPEA
• Australian Clay Minerals Society
• British Society of Soil Science
• Canadian Society of Soil Science (CSSS)
• Ceramics and Industrial Minerals
• Clay Minerals Society (CMS)
• Clays and Clay Minerals CMS Journal
• European Soil Bureau
• French Soil Science Association (AFES) (In French)
• The International Committee on Natural Zeolites--ICNZ
• International Society of Soil Science (ISSS)
• International Soil Reference and Information Centre
• Italian Association of Pedologists (AIP)
• Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland
• Clay Minerals Table of Contents
• Mineralogical Magazine Table of Contents
• Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
• Office of Arid Land Studies University of Arizona
• Soils of Arid Regions of the U.S. and Israel
• SCIENCES of SOILS  Online Journal for the Soil Sciences
• S&S Discussion Groups e.g., Allophane transformation, Cyber Soils (Science and Teaching)
• Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
• Soil Science Society of Ireland (SSSI)
• Swedish Society of Soil Science
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (URCS)
• USDA National Soil Survey Center

Other Related Organizations

• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• American Geological Institute (AGI)
• AGI GAP page Info on legislation affecting the Geoscience community
• American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
• American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
• Computer Oriented Geological Society (COGS)
• Crystallography World Wide Rietveld Users' Mailing List
• European Mineralogical Union
• European Journal of Mineralogy
• Geochemical Society
• Geological Association of Canada (GAC)
• Geological Society of America (GSA)
• Geological Survey of Canada
• Institut Laue Langevin ILL's Diffraction Group home page
• International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD)
• Mineralogical Association of Canada (MAC)
• The Canadian Mineralogist MAC Journal
• Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)
• American Mineralogist MSA Journal
• Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• National Server for Crystallography (French)
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• NSF Geosciences UNIDATA
• NSF Education and Human Resources
• Society for Applied Spectroscopy
• Society of Exploration Geophysicists
• Society for Luminescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy (SLMS)
• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• United States Geological Survey (USGS)
• USGS Clays Statistics and Information
• USGS Office of Mineral Resources
• USGS Electronic Directory
• USGS Minerals Information page on Clays
• Very Low-Grade Metamorphism Home Page (VLGM)

Other Lists of Geologic WWW Sites

• CLAYLAB.NET  Resource webpages for clays and clay minerals
• Bentonite & Tonstein Bibliography  Listing by R A Batchelor
• Crystallographic Web Servers
• Electron Microscopy Servers and Resources
• E. Weisstein Homepage Too Incredible to Believe! (check out the treasure trove of math & physics)
• Earth Science Links by the United Institute of Geology, Geophysics & Mineralogy
• GeoIndex Geo-Environmental Search Engine
• Chemistry Links Maintained by the University of Liverpool, Dept. of Chemistry
• Mineralogy and Petrology Research on the Web
• Ralph Kuglers Home Page  Wealth of information about geology and sandstones
• Links for Mineralogists Klaus-Peter Kelber Site, Mineralogisches Institut Würzburg
• The National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists (NSCSS)
• Bret's Link List Rather Comprehensive
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Earth Sciences Resources
• Galaxy Website Has links to more than 100 geology related web sites all over the world
• Illinois State Geological Survey All sorts of good links here!
• Geoscience Links from Schlumberger (The MOTHER of Link Lists!)

Geologic Data Bases

• All Minerals of the World Tour  The EUROMIN Project
• Athena Mineralogical Data Base Listing of minerals, formulas, and systems
• X-Ray Diffraction Analysis Database AUBURN Soils Geologic Database
• Chem Finder for Cambridge Software Get complete information on any chemical compound
• ICSD for WWW Inorganic Crystal Structure Database
• Mineral Structures Data Base University of Colorado - Joe Smyth site
• MINDAT.ORG  Mineralogical Reference Source on the Internet
• USDA/NRCS Official Soil Series Descriptions
• Centrum voor Oppervlaktechemie en Katalyse Zeolite Structure Database
• WWW-MINCRYST Information-Calculating System on Crystal Structure Data for Minerals
• X-ray Diffraction Zeolite Database Bruno Herreros site

Internet Jump Points

• American Universities
• SwitchBoard An Excellent White Page Listing
• Addresses.Com  Phone and Address Directory
• WhoWhere Phone and Address Directory
• FedWorld Information Network Home Page
• Geoscience Departments WWW Directory . US & CANADA
• Geoscience Departments WWW Directory . EUROPE
• Geoscience Departments WWW Directory . REST of WORLD
• MapQuest Road Maps
• Search4Science Scientific Search Engine
• YAHOO
• YAHOO Science -- Geology and Geophysics
• YAHOO Road Maps
• The Weather Channel Great weather reports
• www.worldwideworker.com  Job Site for the Oil and Gas Industry

Mineral Pictures

• Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
• Athena Mineralogy Mineral Gallery
• Bob's Rock Shop Mineral Gallery
• Die Clausthaler Mineralogische Sammlung The Clausthal Online Mineral Collection
• Ecole des mines de Paris Mineral Gallery
• The Fossil Company Pictures of Fossils
• Gemology and Lapidary Pages Rainbow of Gems Gallery
• The Image Mineral and Gemstone Gallery
• ICNZ  Zeolite Picture Gallery
• Ken's Fluorescent Minerals
• John Betts Fine Minerals
• Mineralogy Database David Barthelmy site
• Mineral Reference From the University of Wisconsin-Madison / Jill Banfield site (see below)
• Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia Mineral Collections
• OsoSoft Mineral Connection
• Quartz Crystal Photography Pictures and Photographic Hints
• Smithsonian Gem & Mineral Collection
• WEBMINERAL.COM  Nice Gallery, Links to other Mineral Dealers with Picture Galleries
• Zeolite Picture Gallery By Philip Neuhoff

Educational / Interesting Sites

• Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals, & Textures  Great Photos of minerals in thin section!
• Bob's Rock Shop Great links for the Amateur and Professional alike
• The Canadian Rockhound Canada's Internet Magazine for Rockhounds
• Clay World  Information on Pottery and Ceramics
• Earth Viewer
• Environmental News Network
• Gems and Precious Stones University of Wisconsin-Madison / Jill Banfield site
• Mineralogy Database David Barthelmy site
• MineralCollecting.ORG  J. Adam's Mineral Page
• MINDAT.ORG  Mineralogical Reference Source on the Internet
• NSF Education and Human Resources
• SSSA Glossary of Soil Science Terms
• The Virtual Geosciences Professor John Butler Site
• MTU Volcanoes Page
• UND Volcanoes Page
• University of California, San Diego Geosciences Information Center - Just coming online but shows GREAT Promise!
• Volcanological Society of Sacramento
• WEBMINERAL.COM  All Sorts of Great Mineral Info Here!
• World of Scanning Electron Microscope Iowa State University - COOL pictures
• DILBERT In a Cubical Near You! 

Geologic Software Sites

• NEWMOD for WINDOWS  R.C. Reynolds' Program to Calculate One-Dimensional Diffraction Patterns of Mixed Layered Clay Minerals
• MUDMASTER  D. Eberl's Clay Crystallite Size/Strain Software
• MAC Version
• PC Version
• Computer Oriented Geological Society (COGS)
• Geologic Software S. Krumm Site
• Software for Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibrium Calculations in Geology T. Gordon's Links
• Software Distributed thru the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)
• UK Earth Science Courseware Consortium Computer-Aided Learning Materials
• BOSS International Environmental Engineering Software
• DATASURGE Geotechnical and Hydrogeologic Software
• Geo&Soft International
• Gibbs Associates Earth Science Software Information
• RockWare Earth Science Software
• Scientific Software Group
• Scientific Software.COM  Large selection of scientific software
• Soft Earth Listing of Geologic Software and Software Sites
• SoilVision Systems Software for management of geotechnical, geoenvironmental, and soil science data
• Spectraheap  Commercial software and database of spectral lines for emission analysis
• TRIPLOT for Windows Ternary Plotting Program!
• ChemSW Inc Software

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