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Links to Related Topics - Mineral Collecting

• Maine Mineral Clubs
• Maine Mineral Displays
• Meetings and Workshops
  • Maine Mineral Symposium
  • Maine Pegmatite Workshop
• Maine Mineral Collecting - General
  • Maine Mining History - by Van King
  • Coromoto Minerals - mining operations at Mt. Mica and Orchard Pit Mines
• Guided mineral collecting tours to multiple sites are available through the following:
  • Jody's Mineral Tours
  • Poland Mining Camps
• Mineral and Mineral Locality Database
  • Mindat.org
• Mineralogical Magazines/Journals
  • The Mineralogical Record
  • Rocks and Minerals Magazine
• Online Journals
  • Bob's Rock Shop
  • Journal of Pegmatology
• U.S. Geological Survey
  • Collecting Rocks
  • Gemstones -- An Overview of Production of Specific U.S. Gemstones - U.S. Bureau of Mines Special Publication 14-95
  • Natural Gemstones
  • Gold
  • Prospecting for Gold in the United States
  • Selected References On Rocks, Minerals, And Gemstones

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Last updated on April 3, 2007

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