Tool and Equipment Manufacturers

LORTONE, inc. - Professional Lapidary & Jewelry Equipment

djgems - Fine, Gems, Rough & Jewelry From Around The World

Paul & Cathy Gallagher- - - - Gallagher Minerals: Specializing in minerals from Arizona - rough, specimens, sculptures, and finished cabs. Chrysocolla, gem silica chrysocolla, turquoise, azurite and more!

The Rock Peddler - Site contains discount lapidary equipment & supplies, and faceting and cabbing rough. Also an on-line catalog

www.tradeshop.com/gems - John Miller GG's pages of gemstone information, including tools, pricing, gem care, and more.

www.geodeworld.com - For collectors of geodes: photographs, information, links and more.

www.allaboutjewels.com/jewel/glossary - This illustrated dictionary of jewelry terms manages not to be over kids' heads or below adults' interest.

mineral.galleries.com/minerals/byname.htm - Amethyst Galleries, Inc.'s listing of minerals, with info on chemical composition, history, physical characteristics, etc.

www.gemstone.org - The International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA)'s informative site, with articles, advice on buying stones, judging a stone's quality, and cleaning and maintaining your treasures.

www.gemstone.de - Renowned German firm W. Constantin Wild's educational site; a "curiosities" section offers information and a data bank on colored gemstones.

www.nmnh.si.edu/VirtualTour/index.html - A "virtual tour" of the mineral collections at the Smithsonian.

www.minerals.net - A nonprofit, educational guide to all things rock-related.

sci.geo.mineralogy - Not a web site, but a newsgroup, a meeting place on usenet where mineralogy professionals and rock fans can talk shop.