Crystals, rocks & minerals
This lens celebrates the science of crystals, rocks and minerals.
Here I plan to collect and organize geology links, books, videos, pictures and more -- whatever I find most interesting, educational and useful in my science writing.
I will do my best to cover many facets of rock, the oldest realm of existence on the planet Earth. This is too large a topic for one lens overview, so I may build and link together more lenses about specific rocks, crystals and minerals (or not).
This lens complements my alternative and complementary medicine rock and crystal garden lens and relates to my earth sciences lens.
When I was a child my dad and mom liked to say I had rocks in my head. To this day, I feel like I have rocks all over and I like it.
I refer often to the Wikipedia articles about many geology topics, because they link to reliable source references and resources.
For more by and about me, visit my Science, Nature and Giant lensographies!
Photo: Amythest Crystals, Cobalt Blue Glow, by Cobalt123 Flickr.com
Here I plan to collect and organize geology links, books, videos, pictures and more -- whatever I find most interesting, educational and useful in my science writing.
I will do my best to cover many facets of rock, the oldest realm of existence on the planet Earth. This is too large a topic for one lens overview, so I may build and link together more lenses about specific rocks, crystals and minerals (or not).
This lens complements my alternative and complementary medicine rock and crystal garden lens and relates to my earth sciences lens.
When I was a child my dad and mom liked to say I had rocks in my head. To this day, I feel like I have rocks all over and I like it.
I refer often to the Wikipedia articles about many geology topics, because they link to reliable source references and resources.
For more by and about me, visit my Science, Nature and Giant lensographies!
Photo: Amythest Crystals, Cobalt Blue Glow, by Cobalt123 Flickr.com
Crystals, rocks & minerals...a deep, vast subject
So I will let my creativity flow as I explore!
For starters: I wrote Hubs outlining crystal structure and crystal systems.
To be continued...
Viking "sunstone" links
Mystery, legend or...
...Natural light-polarizing crystal?
What else might Calcite do?
- The Fabled Viking Sunstone
- The fabled Viking sunstone, also known as Viking compass. How might it have worked and could it have been calcite or iolite?
- Viking navigation
- Is the legend of the viking sunstone true?.
- Viking navigation hypothesis under foggy and cloudy skies requires more light
- While history portrays the Vikings as skillful masters of the sea, sailing treacherous routes in the northern Atlantic Ocean during the 10th-13th centuries, just how much knowledge, technology and ability they possessed is debatable. One theory claims that the Vikings could navigate even on cloudy or foggy days using skylight polarization, which would not only require specific atmospheric conditions, but technology beyond anything known in Viking culture.
- Vikings could have steered by polarized light
- (PhysOrg.com) -- The Vikings are said to have been able to navigate with the aid of 'sunstones' that allowed them to see the sun on cloudy or foggy days. Now scientists in Hungary and Sweden say the sunstones could have been polarizing crystals.
Gift spotlight: Crystal Prisms
40mm Crystal Ball Prisms #701-40
Amazon Price: $1.29 (as of 05/30/2012)
Oooh...I want more rainbows in my life!
More crystals, rocks & minerals on Amazon...
Educational gifts to yourself, family or friends!
Study spotlight: Geology
The Practical Geologist: The Introductory Guide to the Basics of Geology and to Collecting and Identifying Rocks
Amazon Price: $4.10 (as of 05/30/2012)
I am getting more practical about rock collecting, thanks to this book!
Crystal, rock & mineral CafePress designs:
Geology Rocks Bumper Sticker
Price: $5.00
Garnet Crystals Keepsake Box
Price: $23.99
Put Down That Rock! Dark T-Shirt
Price: $30.49
Rocks in My Head Yellow T-Shirt
Price: $24.99
Live Love Geology Mug
Price: $14.99
Bid for crystals, rocks & minerals on eBay!
Crystal, rock & mineral links
Websites, articles & blog posts I notice browsing...
Rock on: Suggest great geology links in the guestbook!
- Bestcrystals.com - Crystals, Minerals, Fossils, Meteorites, Rocks
- Bestcrystals.com is the online Rock Shop of hundreds of crystals, minerals, fossils from around the world, from $1 to grade 'A' specimens. Secure ordering and world-wide shipping. Quartz crystal, amethyst, citrine, smoky, rutilated, rose, ametrine, labradorite,malachite, selenite, celestite, tourmal
- Rocks, Minerals and Crystals for Earth Science Fun
- Information, activities, and lesson plans on rocks, minerals, and crystals designed for students and teachers.
- How Rocks Are Formed
- How Rocks & Minerals Are Formed: The whole earth is made of rocks & minerals. Inside the earth there is a liquid core of molten rock and on the outside there is a hard crust...If you dig deep enough, you will always hit rocks.
- Mindat.org - Mineralogy Database - Mineral Collecting, Localities, Mineral Photos and Data
- The web's most comprehensive and regularly updated mineralogy database with information on minerals from around the world and thousands of photos
- The Gem Shop, Inc.
- The Gem Shop is a true lapidary, from the mining of fine agates and jaspers to the cutting of unique designer cabochons. Our world-wide contacts and number of years in business have allowed us to gain a vast knowledge of the world's rock, gem, and lapidary markets. If you are looking for a particular rock, email us; and we will try to get it for you or send you in the right direction.
- GemRocks: Frames version
- GEMROCKS: Ornamental & Curio Stones, Compiled by R. V. Dietrich, Professor Emeritus Illustrations by Jeffrey Scovil, Dick Dietrich and others. This compilation is dedicated to the memory of ADOLPH KNOPF (1882-1966), who instilled in me an insatiable curiosity about rocks.
- Rocks: Pictures of Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary Rocks
- Photographs and information for a large collection of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks (Geology.com)
- Mineralogy Database
- Complete, up-to-date, mineral database containing 4,714 mineral species descriptions and comprehensive picture library of images. These data are linked to mineral tables by crystallography, chemical composition, physical and optical properties, Dana classification, Strunz classification, mineral name...
- Vibrational spectroscopy of minerals website
- This database provides information about mineralogy and is dedicated to providing access to physical and chemical data, photos, electron microscopy images, images of thin sections and analytical data such as Mineral Vibrational Spectra in the near-, far- and mid- infrared regions of the spectrum, infrared emission spectra and Raman spectra of minerals. Most of the vibrational data in this database were obtained in the Faculty of Science laboratories.
- Mineral Identification Key
- by Alan Plante, Donald Peck & David Von Bargen - We wish to make this key available to one and all in the hope of correct identification of minerals in collections, rock gardens, and on windowsills everywhere. You may copy it, or any part of it, for non-commercial, personal use.
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grannyann
Nov 8, 2011 @ 9:14 pm | delete
- THANKS PAL! Thanks for spreading some angel dust on my lens. I really appreciated you listing my lens on crystal digging on your lens. You always make me feel like you really enjoyed reading what I create.
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GetSillyProductions Mar 28, 2011 @ 3:20 pm | delete
- awesome lens, I like that this one is the science and your other one is the spiritual! 2 thumbs up and lensrolled to my amethyst lens
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grannyann
Mar 25, 2011 @ 5:45 pm | delete
- You might like my lens: http://www.squidoo.com/SeleniteCrystalDigging
This is the only place like it.
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nestboxes
Mar 8, 2011 @ 5:47 am | delete
- informative lens, I love the photo of living amongst the crystals. I like being surrounded by natural materials. I have lensrolled it to my Giant Crystal Cave Lens
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Michey Feb 27, 2011 @ 3:30 pm | delete
- Great lens and beautiful pictures
Thanks
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