Resources and Links
Networking, News, and Organizations
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The MidWest Federation encompasses a region of 11 states and has about 120 different clubs.
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A non-profit educational federation of seven similar regional organizations of gem, mineral and lapidary societies.
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A resource to help clubs develop youth programs that fit their needs. If a club already has a juniors program that works for them, then our goal is to support that program anyway we can.
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This national organization works toward promoting and ensuring the rights of amateur hobby collectors, recreational prospecting, mining, and the use of public & private lands for educational and recreational purposes.
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Rockhounding
New York:
We have received permission from Steven Chamberlain to share his book titled "New York State: A Topographic Mineralogy" on our website. The book provides a comprehensive list of known mineral occurrences and their locations across New York State. It's a free resource that can be accessed online only. Please note that this is a privately published book and must be read only in this format. However, readers are encouraged to use text, maps, and photographs from the book as long as proper credit is given. It's important to cite the sources used.
A note from the author:
"New York State: Topographic Mineralogy © 2023 by Steven C. Chamberlain. This is a nonfiction book that contains information from published literature, unpublished results from the authors' professional work, unpublished data from existing catalogs of mineral collections, and expert interpretation by the authors. We encourage everyone who is interested to freely share the information in this online book. However, when using information from our work in other publications, we ask for a citation to be included. Maps, sketches, and photographs are available for not-for-profit use, but please remember to give credit."
Weebly's 250 Mb file size limit required splitting the book into six files.
Part_1_nystm_front_cover_thru_herkimer_co.pdf
Part_2_nystm_jefferson_co_thru_onondaga_co.pdf
Part_3_nystm_ontario_co_thru_town_of_cliffton.pdf
Part_4_nystm_town_of_colton_thru_town_of_macomb.pdf
Part_5_nystm_town_of_massena_thru_town_of_russell.pdf
Part_6_nystm_steuben_county_thru_back_cover.pdf
We have received permission from Steven Chamberlain to share his book titled "New York State: A Topographic Mineralogy" on our website. The book provides a comprehensive list of known mineral occurrences and their locations across New York State. It's a free resource that can be accessed online only. Please note that this is a privately published book and must be read only in this format. However, readers are encouraged to use text, maps, and photographs from the book as long as proper credit is given. It's important to cite the sources used.
A note from the author:
"New York State: Topographic Mineralogy © 2023 by Steven C. Chamberlain. This is a nonfiction book that contains information from published literature, unpublished results from the authors' professional work, unpublished data from existing catalogs of mineral collections, and expert interpretation by the authors. We encourage everyone who is interested to freely share the information in this online book. However, when using information from our work in other publications, we ask for a citation to be included. Maps, sketches, and photographs are available for not-for-profit use, but please remember to give credit."
Weebly's 250 Mb file size limit required splitting the book into six files.
Part_1_nystm_front_cover_thru_herkimer_co.pdf
Part_2_nystm_jefferson_co_thru_onondaga_co.pdf
Part_3_nystm_ontario_co_thru_town_of_cliffton.pdf
Part_4_nystm_town_of_colton_thru_town_of_macomb.pdf
Part_5_nystm_town_of_massena_thru_town_of_russell.pdf
Part_6_nystm_steuben_county_thru_back_cover.pdf
Educational - Minerals
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A comprehensive image database of all things minerals. If the mineral exists and you want to know about it, there is information here.
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A free online and available textbook for college-level mineralogy.
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Mindat.org is the world's largest open database of minerals, rocks, meteorites and the localities they come from.
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Helpful / Interesting Links
Pegmatites:
wgvu.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/mineral-dependence-science-how/mineral-dependence-science-how/
wgvu.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/mineral-dependence-science-how/mineral-dependence-science-how/