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Reviewed links to mineralogy and palaeontology

These are "reviewed" links and not "Claus' links to everything on the web." That means, I have visited the sites and found they they carry some useful original information for mineral and fossil collectors, that would be good to have if you are interested in ... whatever. That is obviously frightfully pretentious, but there are already several substantial collections of unreviewed links, some of which I have included. Use those. The criteria for inclusion on this list are roughly:

Mostly I exclude sites that are collections of links, address and staff directories, compilations of photographs or mere pricelists. Many sites include such material and I have no problems with that, but by itself it does not tell me anything about rocks. Similarly, I do not link to every museum or earth sciences department with a web site, but only to those offering on-line displays. If you need museum web sites, consult the museum directory in the Other information section.
Normally I link to the top page of a site, so you may have to roam around to find what you need. That lets owners restructure their sites, without me keeping an eye on my links. Please contact me:

I have sorted the links in major groups. My groups do not necessarily reflect the interests or limitations of authors, and some pages are included in several groups. Read from the top or go directly to one of the sections:

Minerals and mineralogy Fossils and palaeontology Geology
General General General
Localities or local areas Localities or local areas Localities or local areas
Journals, books and organisations Journals, books and organisations Journals, books and organisations
Museums Museums Museums
Shows Shows
Meteorites
Other information

Minerals and mineralogy; general

Sites in this section typically have information on many minerals or are collections of very diverse material. There are sub-groups for fluorescent minerals, crystallography and technical information, directory sites with information on many species, individual species listed alphabetically be species name, and then the rest, which is not bad, just did not fit in. Sites are listed alphabetically by name within each sub-group, except for the section on individual species.

Minerals and mineralogy; specific localities or local areas

Sites in this section describe one or several localities or larger areas (e.g., states or provinces). Sites are listed alphabetically by the name of the country followed by the locality with occasional interspersed states or provinces.

Minerals and mineralogy; journals, books and organisations

Sites in this section rarely contain much information themselves, but offer access to information. Journals and their publishing organisations are listed alphabetically by the name of the journal, book dealers are listed alphabetically by their family or company name, and bibliographies by the sites' names.

Minerals and mineralogy; shows

Sites in this section belong to show organisers or contain comprehensive lists of shows. Sites are listed alphabetically by the country and city of each show. Sites with several or many shows are only listed by country.

Minerals and mineralogy; museums

This is not a list of all museum's web sites, but merely of those offering at least a bare minimum of on-line exhibits. Sites only containing name, address, staff directory, opening hours, etc. are deliberately excluded. Sites are listed alphabetically by country, city and name of each museum.

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