The Nittany Lion looks out from a 
Central Pennsylvania doubly terminated quartz crystal.  Artwork © John Passaneau.
Nittany Mineralogical Society, Inc.
State College, Pennsylvania

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Rock & Gem - can be organized by state
EFMLS Club Shows - Eastern U.S. (Use Chrome or Edge if Firefox does not show current list)
AFMS links to all Federation calendars
Mindat: Shows and Events

Online Resources
GeologyCafe - natural resources, origin of rocks & geologic processes
Mindat - mineral and locality databases
  download mineralogy books
Geology.com - geologist-operated, extensive informational site on rocks, minerals, gemstones, volcanoes, U.S. maps, world maps, and more
  Minerals section of geology.com
WebMineral
Webref Geology Terms
American Geode - geology and paleontology breaking news, along with gem and mineral club and show news.
Bob's Rock Shop
  Jewels from the WWW - the Shop's Link List
Rock tumbling hobby .com -forums, photos, complete instructions for tumbling

Publications
Mineralogical Record
  AXIS, An Eclectic Journal of Mineralogy online
  Links and Internet Directory
Rocks and Minerals
Rock & Gem Magazine
Mineral News
Lapidary Journal / Jewelry Artist

Societies and Organizations
Fluorescent Mineral Society
  Facebook group
Friends of Mineralogy - National
  Friends of Mineralogy - Pennsylvania Chapter
  Friends of Mineralogy - New Jersey Chapter
  Friends of Mineralogy - Virginia Chapter
Gold Prospectors Association of America, Bald Eagle Chapter
Mineralogical Society of America (professional society)
  Mineralogy 4 Kids, a rockin' internet site
Mineralogical Association of Canada (professional society)
  Canadian Mineralogist journal
  Links
NAGS: Northern Alleghenies Geological Society
NESTA: National Earth Science Teachers Association
PAESTA: Pennsylvania Earth Science Teachers Association
Pennsylvania Geologic Survey
  Educational - Publications & maps
  Publications
  Web-Mapping Application - interactive, zoomable GEOLOGIC MAPS of Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania Geology magazine
Pittsburgh Geological Society     links page
Rochester Mineralogical Symposium
Smithsonian Institution: National Museum of Natural History
  Mineral Sciences
  Paleobiology
    Paleobiology: FossiLab
USGS - US Geological Survey
  Geology of National Parks - 3D and Photographic Tours

Geosciences Departments at
Colleges & Universities in the Area

Penn State
   Geosciences Department
   Earth & Mineral Sciences Museum
   Earth & Mineral Sciences Library
   Earth & Mineral Sciences Seminars
   EMEX for prospective Earth & Mineral Sciences students

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Bucknell University
Clarion University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Juniata College
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Shippensburg University



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