Looking for interesting places around the internet to find cool information about rocks, gems, and minerals?
Check out our newly redesigned links pages. They are divided by topic with specific attention to local links
Email us is you’d like to add an interesting and informative link!
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Anything and Everything you ever want to know about Gems and Minerals! These are more educational links that will give you information about all sorts of topics including identification, location, and rockhounding.
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Here’s a list of some of the local clubs that might be of interest to our DGMS members. Many host monthly meetings and field trips!
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Dallas has many fun and educational museums and organizations for you to visit and learn more about gems and minerals!
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Here’s some interesting specific lapidary focused links.
Let us know if you have any more super useful links, who doesn’t want to learn as much as possible about our beloved hobby!
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General links to anything and everything ROCKHOUNDING! Most offer locations organized by state to help you plan out your next big roadtrip.
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And be sure to support our fantastic local shops here in Dallas! I’m totally NOT biased, but I’ve been to a ton of rock shops around the USA, and I’m pretty sure we have some of the BEST ones all in one city!
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Just a few great Online Resources you can check out for lapidary supplies, rough slabs and rock, and jewelry supplies.
Below are some interesting links sent to us from students who thought we might find them interesting, and they are right.
I want to thank Penny a geology study program for Students that Mr Woods runs. She found this link that is interesting.
https://coatedsilver.com/resources/the-story-of-silver-in-the-united-states/
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This link is an interesting one on how Diamonds are formed. It came to us from Milla at a Gemology club for K12 Students at the Hampton Public Library run by Dorothy Mayer. Thanks for letting us know about it.
. Many thanks to Milla for this interesting link.
https://brite.co/education/earth-science-geology-and-the-formation-of-diamonds/